Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

The web software landscape has changed dramatically over the years. Five years ago, it was full of custom built systems of all sorts - and the “build vs. buy&# decision was, I think, more difficult, because the available software to buy was fairly cruddy. I hear people suggesting building their own social networking website.

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Build Open Source Ning Module 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details. Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector.

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Ning API Open Source Social Network 100

NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Automated systems can aggregate content coming from particular blogs, people, companies, keywords, or some combination of these. But these systems require the reader to filter out fluff, dreck, and irrelevant content. Consider Ning, Basecamp, and Zoho. That’s where curation comes in to lend a helping hand. Hard to use.

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Knowledge Share Network Community 86

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

OpenSocializr – a Ning social network on OpenSocial (I guess that’s logical) OpenSocialBlog – an interesting blog about OpenSocial Why do I have the feeling that every domain with “opensocial&# is taken (opensocialblog.com, opensocialcats.com …) So why is this important for nonprofits?

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Social Network Open Network Social 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

It has become arguably the most popular open source CMS, and is a very able platform for creating all sorts of great web applications. Elgg is the open source social network management system. Don’t use Ning, use Elgg. But now, here I am, and I’m impressed. Install it on your own server, control your own data.

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Tools Open Source Drupal Adobe 100

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting). Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. Includes support for first year.

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Skype Resource Internet Tools 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

If you're at the conference, hand me an index card the URL of a web resource that you discovered in a session or informal conversation, write a brief description, and hand it to me while at the conference. The post goes on to describe a Digital Asset Management System. I'll come with extra blank index cards. Do you find Web2.0

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Nptech Tag Ning Machinima 50