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Highlights from the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

The event kicked off with opening remarks by Joan Garry , an industry veteran and champion for the nonprofit sector, which led directly into the first panel discussion on the topic of climate. . On day one, we also hosted a group of 14 nonprofit executives at the Soho House in New York City.

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Great reads from around the web on March 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

Take a look at what New York City’s Central Park did last Arbor Day and begin to ask yourself… how could QR codes serve my customers, my employees and my business’ growth. The checkins functionality in the Ushahidi Platform is one of the first open source checkin products that crosses multiple mobile platforms.

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: April 30

NTEN

Rock on open data and mapping! Upcoming 501 Tech Club Events: Long Island: May 5th, Syosset: Two Speakers: Open Source Software, and HIPPA Requirements. New York City: May 19th, NYC: Everything I Need to Know I Learned at 10NTC. Maine: May 11th, Portland: Finding the Right Fundraising Mix.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: May 27

NTEN

This week, for example, NTEN members like Johanna Bates , Peter Campbell , Dean Matsueda , David Geilhufe , and many more debated the topic of privacy issues on social networks (a la Facebook recently) and whether that would drive more nonprofits to customized open source options for their communities. > DC 501 Tech Club.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

Since reading the The Networked Nonprofit a couple of years ago, I’ve been on the lookout for nonprofits that typify the new breed of nonprofit organization that is agile, open, community driven, hyper-connected and extremely effective. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website.

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