Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The plan emphasizes the organization’s recent focus on what it calls “knowledge equity” (bringing in groups that have been left out of power structures) and “knowledge as a service” (remaining an open-source platform). Anne Eigeman.

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Wikipedia Knowledge Ratio Foundation 52

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.

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Ning Content Network Open Source 63

Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The nonprofit world’s approach to funding does not, and will not, work for the capital intensive, open source driven, risk-laden landscape of technology today. It costs millions to build a tech platform. Only technology companies (with some exceptions in the open-source world) do that well.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Organizations can no longer use their digital platforms to simply explain their mission or successes. Built as an open-source Drupal tool, the website attempts to learn what visitors want from the TCWS site and deliver related content over time.

Build 46

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

We aren’t advocating one software platform over another. Keep in mind, however, that all CRMs and donor databases are different – each has its own database structure, definitions of key terms, and attributes for handling certain data types. That depends on your organization’s structure. the fundraising team?

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Data Donor Database Map 178

Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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Asia Indonesia Poland Government 54

Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide to nonprofit courses provides guidance for choosing courses that are best suited for nonprofit staff learning, including open source vs. paid learning opportunities, subject matter analysis, and some example courses. Additional Opportunities Created for Staff.

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Training Train Virtual Course 44

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 12, 2010

” Ashoka’s Changemakers uses an online “open source” approach to build communities of people interested in finding solutions to challenging global problems. Crowd-funding New Ideas: Funding platforms for artists, musicians, and inventors: Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. Foundation application?

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Reflection Conference Communication Network 47

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 11, 2013

Matching Techies With Social Causes SocialCoding4Good began with the idea of building a sort of Match.com for tech volunteerism — an algorithmic platform that would match individual software developers to nonprofit organizations that were building open source software for socially good causes.

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Open Source Lesson Tech Project 118

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Released in 2003, WordPress is open-source software and free to use and fully-customizable using WordPress themes and plug-ins. Nonprofit Tech for Good is built on WordPress and in our 11 years of publication, there have been zero problems with using the platform. Embrace simplicity in navigation.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2009

Unlike Superstruct , which employed a very open-ended collaborative framework to invite people to imagine their circumstances in 2019 relative to several provocative scenarios, Signtific is a more focused, tight experience, both in content and format. The Signtific platform is a kind of "what if?" In other words, it's way better.

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Game Experiment Participatory Museum 24

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. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators.

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Summary Wiki Flickr NTC 50

Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Website builders are software platforms that allow users to create and manage websites without needing to write code. You have to find the platform that fits your needs best—not perfectly, but “best.” Analytics and Insights: Consider platforms that offer analytics and insights into website performance.

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Websites Template Plugin Beginner 52

Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2021

I proudly steer some of Forum One’s most complex projects, including Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment’s WIC platform, Washington State’s All-Payer Claims Database, and Fujifilm’s Sonosite. All of the technical solutions we develop enable our clients to easily manage robust platforms.

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Team Tech Colorado United States 57

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Everything You Know About Web Design Is Wrong When: Friday, March 13th from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Room A Description: Just as early filmmakers struggled to break free from the conventions of live theater, after 10+ years Web designers are still trapped in the structures of the past. Panelist: Dan Willis, Consultant for Sapient 3.

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Social Media Interaction Advocacy Online 44

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, there are many just in the area of open source foundations: nonprofit organizations structured as social enterprises writing open source software for the benefit of society, with many examples in each of the five claimed areas. The application is against the public interest.

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Social Literacy Open Source Application 196

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Take, for instance, Unlocked Labs , a nonprofit that employs a team of incarcerated software developers who are building nonprofit, open-source technology to make high-quality education more accessible to incarcerated individuals. The two organizations are using technology to bridge this racial divide.

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Tech Digital Build Tools 98

Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Signing up for a new donor management platform is exciting. Build a data mapping plan: Understand your current data structure comprehensively, identifying the fields and attributes you use at your organization. You’ll want to ensure accuracy by identifying matching fields, even if they have different names or structures.

Data 52

Data Donor Map Test 52

Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 8, 2022

Maximum 5-10% Responsibilities: Source and engage a competitive talent pool for job openings Source potential candidates from LinkedIn, Salesforce communities and other niche platforms to create diverse pipelines of candidates Write and post job descriptions on Cloud for Good’s website, LinkedIn, and other platforms Craft and send personalized (..)

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Canada Linkedin Law Application 45

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

The Open Source Museum project at The Tech is a grant-funded grand experiment. So what does this collaborative platform look like? How much structure is motivating and how much becomes a chore? We’re using a combination of a wiki-style website and a Second Life presence to make it happen.

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Open Source Museum Game Open 22

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You chose every aspect of your site deliberately, from the structure to the design and aesthetics. Your tone should be uniform across all digital marketing platforms, from your website to your social media. . Anne is an advocate for open source and co-organizes the Bay Area Drupal Camp.

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Content Strategy Create Websites 75

Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2017

Open-Source Tools. Open Data Kit helps you collect and manage data through a mobile app that works offline. Open Function is an automated data integration tool that connects anything to anything (think Internet of things sensors connected to water pumps in mines). Accounting. Optimizely is free for most organizations.

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Product Tools Open Source Alternative 52

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

So many of these women are local leaders, and Women's Global Green Action Network is attempting to provide a space for women to step into roles of being global advocates, and to really have a more prevalent platform for the messages and the work that they are doing. We do it in a number of ways. And we have been operating on those goals.

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Green Global Action Network 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Social media tools for engaging and capturing the work of crowds include: wikis, custom platforms or web sites that facilitate voting, rating, giving feedback, adding content, or funding. Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping.

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Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Allan Benamer put together an NpTech version of Digg, using open source software called Pligg combined with a Yahoo Pipe of the Nptech feed. These early experiments were about how to crowd source, aggregate, and share nonprofit technology news using web 2.0 The question was also discussed over at Social Actions.

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Digg Summary Nptech Change 77

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Thus was born Craigslist, which soon expanded into a web-based platform where users could connect directly with each other at will to sell, trade, and donate goods, services, and gigs. It was the early stirrings of what we now call the “platform economy.”. The early promise of this emerging platform economy seemed fantastical.

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Platform Technology United States New York 140

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2022

If you’re not working toward climate justice, you’re probably not working toward the necessary structural change in the climate space. Structural racism. However, it’s important to remember that this isn’t the same as structural change. What is hindering its advancements [that can be helped by technology]? Political will.

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Grant Content Impact Module 66

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Tracking Change Wiki : Provides a platform to get involved in the policymaking process. The Open Planning Project : OpenPlans is the simple way to bring groups together, promote your cause, make plans, manage projects, and get things done. helps you keep tabs on the U.S.

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Government Social Media Open Advocacy 31