Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. DailyFeats :: dailyfeats.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc. It’s actually a pretty interesting resource, and worth a read.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

When your website visitors donate, subscribe to your newsletter, or register for an event, that information can be synced directly to Salesforce. Object Sync for Salesforce is an open-source WordPress plugin that provides a GUI to map and sync data between Salesforce objects and WordPress content types.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. What is public? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.). What’s involved in this?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Their free tool is Adobe Express , which allows users to develop everything from newsletters and presentations to videos and annual reports. WordPress Platform overview: WordPress is a free, open-source CMS, meaning anyone can view and change the software’s code to suit their needs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 Some of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

The other vendors either supply their paying customers with APIs, or, in the case of civicspace, the APIs are, well, free and open, like everything else about open source. From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2017

At first glance, you might overlook Google Docs as too simplistic, but the built-in brochure, project proposal and newsletter templates give you endless possibilities. WordPress.org offers free themes uploaded by the open-source community that you can use. Google Docs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) What’s involved in this? 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own Web sites, blogs, podcasts, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Navy have been broadly adopting open source software. recently switched all of its desktop computer applications from Microsoft Office to Google Apps and Open Office , two open source (free of charge) solutions that can open, modify and save documents in the Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other formats.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2009

The challenge of branding in an open source world. Tags: NPTech branding marketing NTEN Newsletter web2.0 Strengthen or design your brand to ensure you stand out, generating action and building loyalty. Be consistent about it, to build recognition (so it can be remembered and repeated) and avoid confusion.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

While data about your organization's work can come in many forms—whether qualitative constituent feedback or the number of meals delivered to a population, the open rate of your email newsletter or even public census information about education levels in your community—it should all help you and your staff determine the impact you're making and the (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. Prominently feature your “Donate” button, e-newsletter opt-in, and social network icons.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

Tattlr - "open source" says Gordon Dymowski on MetroShrink. " For Your Emails : Your e-newsletter software. You can track who opens it, when they open it, and if they click and give. Radian 6 - "Data-centric" says Gordon Dymowski on MetroShrink. I prefer AWeber.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own websites, blogs, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

NTEN's September Newsletter has tons of excellent content, in particular check out these articles about new fundraising techniques using tools like mobile phones and Facebook. It's an open source free web meeting service. Fundraising 2.0 It isn't dumb dumb. You can read more about the campaign on their blog.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Tags: Collaboration Community Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. What about idea that e-newsletter is “dead&# ?

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

It naturally follows that this content will catch the eye of your learners— whether through their favorite streaming service, a LinkedIn post, or even an industry newsletter. Seeking an open-sourced platform and the ability to adjust to changing learning needs quickly. Looking to expand their learning businesses.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. Tags: amy sample ward mobile devices netsquared Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Third Place: $10,000.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Tags: Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN. It’s very basic.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. Other metrics we look at include: What are our sign-ups for our newsletter? That dog won’t hunt. 2 admin 09.18.07 Be Helpful.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The most popular pieces will be featured in our newsletter. The advent of open source technology and years of use by corporations have both made these technologies inexpensive and proven they are more agile and reliable than the complex systems most vendors currently offer the nonprofit market. Matt McCabe, Orange Leap. [Ed.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Audacity (open source software for Windows, Linux, or Mac) and Garage Band (Mac only) are two of the most common tools podcasters use. Tags: corey pudhorodsky NPTech NTEN Newsletter podcasting social media. Also consider checking out a growing library of resources at the We Are Media Podcasting Toolbox.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Christmas newsletters and recipes are the social media of their time, and women are the key social nodes of our culture. In her comic and though-provoking style, Heather Gold brings together amazingly smart women to discuss what makes social networks strong and predict where theyre heading next online. Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

That’s why all of the software work done by Benetech and our technology development partners on Martus is open source: where the software’s source code is open for inspection. We invite you to check back on our blog (or sign up for our organizational newsletter ) for ongoing updates on Benetech’s work.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

SH: Were very excited about the developer community that were building around Open. In the coming months, developers will be able to share information and best practices and theres the potential of creating an open source community around Convio Open APIs.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. With email newsletters and emails as part of your campaigns you can move your supporters up the ladder of engagement to take more actions and help you more and more. What about the idea that e-newsletters are "dead"?

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. Until recently, these tools were too complicated and expensive for most nonprofit staff to use.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Or build an open-source PCR machine for copying DNA. She had forwarded the link from the museum newsletter to her son, and he had taken it from there. Let's say you want to make a documentary about the World Cup. Or sail around the world. Or produce an art exhibit with elementary school students. How would you fund it?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

in combination with the other delivery methods tailored to your particular audience and message, such as reports, newsletters, fact sheets, etc., open source. Consider how you might use the interactive possibilities of the Internet and Web 2.0 tools, to get past some of those communication barriers â?? both electronic and print.

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