Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Her blog, Susie's Blog - Winning hearts and minds over to FOSS (Free Open Source Software) is an excellent example of how professionals in the nonprofit technology field use blogging for professional development. It sounds like you're an "accidental techie" - in that you didn't get training to do tech stuff.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. isn't as negative as it sounds. Sounds like it could be part of a future wiki carnival.? Some reactions here.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Any nonprofit or NGO can participate in Giving Tuesday, and there’s no payment or registration needed. Giving Tuesday may sound like a great one-off event for your organization, but you may also be worried about retaining donors in the long run. What organizations can participate, and how do we register?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

” Sounds pretty good. The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source." NPTech Organization of the Month.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The web introduced publicly viewable web pages that include text, images, and sounds. My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. The SixthSense project is working on a set of open source instructions on how to make your own prototype augmented reality.

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