Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Countless nonprofits flocked to Ning to create social networks. Since I’m not a social media guru, I’ve generally kept my opinions about this to myself. But now that Ning isn’t free anymore , I’m going to carp some. Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)?

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Forum One

APRIL 22, 2010

Ning , the leading free social media platform provider has recently lost not only its CEO, but also about 40 percent of its workforce. Freshly-appointed CEO Jason Rosenthal posted last week , Ning will now "double down on our premium services business." Profiles: Dual profiles for both professional and social uses.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) In the long term, if the whole web 2.0 Be Helpful.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Drupal Commons (an open-source variant of Drupal from our friends at Acquia ) is a versatile and complete full-service community platform. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Drupal Commons. Jive Engage Platform.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Drupal Commons (an open-source variant of Drupal from our friends at Acquia ) is a versatile and complete full-service community platform. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Drupal Commons. Jive Engage Platform.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I hear people suggesting building their own social networking website. And, for the purposes of this post, I’m using “buy&# exceedingly loosely - including purchasing proprietary software, installing open source, or using SaaS.). I even occasionally still hear tell of organizations who want custom CRMs.

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