Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But just the same there are lots of CMS platforms promising all sorts of wonderful things, from being easy to learn to easy to edit to having a nice cheap price tag. Today nearly 75 million sites are constructed and managed on the WordPress platform—which first debuted in 2011—and there are some very good reasons why.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. Does "Open Source Community Manager" mean that you're the official bff of Nonprofit Starter Pack users? Tagged: Salesforce , Salesforce Foundation. What exactly does that mean? Salesforce.com. I love that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Salesforce is a very powerful platform onto which one can build a large variety of interesting kinds of custom applications. Today I’m going to delve into Salesforce-based CMS systems – systems build as applications on top of the Force.com platform. What are the options for doing CMS-like things on the Force.com platform?

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2009

Here's the official low-down: Get up to speed on dozens of free and open-source projects driving innovation in cloud computing, Web application development, social and collaborative technologies, and more. Choose from 70+ expert led talks on: Cloud Platforms - Development and deployment in the cloud. Register today!

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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. I’m sure that Four Kitchens, and most open source software developers agree with that perspective. More on that in a bit. But Plone was just that much better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development. WordPress. I like it more and more. Stay tuned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

My early days in social media were spent immersed in tagging and social bookmarking. Marnie Webb introduced me to the NpTech Tag and a whole nonprofit tech community embraced it. My first screencast was about tagging and featured the social bookmarking service, delicious. I hope he shares it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. 1 trackback } Recent Links Tagged With "portability" - JabberTags 01.03.09 You can log in using OpenID. Be Helpful.

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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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AFP Blog

JUNE 5, 2007

Movable Type Scales Up, Goes Open Source: "Movable Type Scales Up, Goes Open SourceBy Tom ForemskiI use Movable Type to publish Silicon Valley Watcher although many other bloggers moved to Wordpress a long time ago. I like it because I know it and I don't want to learn another platform if I don't have to, plus it works.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 1, 2009

As you know, I have built a long-time expertise in open source software and web applications, particularly Content Management Systems (CMS) and online database systems, including CRM. Tags: CMS CRM Consulting Database technology Nonprofit Tech civcrm drupal nptech salesforce. And you can follow us on twitter.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2010

So with a few vacation days tacked on to my itinerary, I set out from New York to the Land of Woz — and the home of TechSoup — to learn a little bit more about the world's leading open-source CRM platform and the people who use it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Because I’ve decided that no matter what, I’m not going back. Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Peter Dietz reflects on the recent launch of Causes on Facebook and digital bumper stickers on Linked In and wonders how other fundraising platforms will respond? lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

One sets up a page (often donation or event page) on the CRM vendors web platform and link your page to their pages. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.) Second trade off, all of these are proprietary. Web forms from CRM vendor.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs. I'm already using some and looking forward to watching how they continue to evolve and leverage other platforms. Tags: roundup bookmarks. " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Marshall Kirkpatrick points us a tag 'PrezConference" for YouTube users to record their questions for the candidates on YouTube. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

What happens when the most talented and innovative women in technology who work with non-profit organizations and political campaigns get together for the day to discuss the most relevant issues ranging from the Women in Open Source to Fighting Sexism in the Tech Sector? Tags: community events technology women wwt.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

One sets up a page (often donation or event page) on the CRM vendors web platform and link your page to their pages. I’ll have follow up posts on specific examples of this integration using open source tools (on one end or the other, or both.). Tags: opensource CRM Nonprofit Tech Web Tools CMS nptech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

He has set up campaigns on seven different personal fundraising platforms: ChipIn - FirstGiving - GiveMeaning - SixDegrees - Fundable - Change.org - JustGive.org Britt Bravo points us to " Socially Responsible Idol " a write up about the NetSquared Innovation Award nomination and voting process by Jessica Guynn on SFGate.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2010

Or you may be looking for a CMS platform for your next web site, and giving Drupal a hard look -- and not just because it's free and open source, but that helps, right? Tags: drupal NPTech NTEN. Drupal has been out of the tech hobby shed for awhile now, of course. Bonus points if you can identify the movie reference.).

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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. At Forum One, we periodically examine dozens of collaboration platforms. Tags: Influence Collaboration Tools & Software. For its nearly 20 million monthly visitors, this means a rate increase.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

UniversalGiving is making great impact on communities around the world, both in the work, funds or volunteer efforts contributed to individuals and groups via their platform, but also in effectively and passionately empowering donors and volunteers to contribute. .&# Or at least something like that! Connect & Learn more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools. What Is Web 2.0? Citizen journalism.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2009

It turned out that I was sitting next to Eve Penny Cowan who is the founder of Future Leaders Institute that guides and mentors youth to employ social entrepreneurship to solve the world’s most pressing needs and Dan Jacobs who is the founder of EveryWun is a platform where individuals can leverage business donations to causes.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 1, 2010

But as open source code bases like Drupal become more popular, not-for-profits will realize that we no longer need to outsource to technology firms because building a platform is cheap and easy and keeping up with upgrades is important. Tags: Change Management Leadership NPTech NTEN. We'll still be cheapskates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

the only really compelling platform they have is Excel. I’ve always loved Excel (and, since I don’t own a copy, I hobble along with Open Office ’s pale, pale substitute.) Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07 Maybe WikiCalc is the way to go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. He referenced that there are over 371 platforms for social change data. The UN is a neutral platform, trying to learn in the ground, setting up labs in partnership with government. Notes from Session. How do we weave it together?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform. Tags: digital learning resources collaboration nptech resource socialbrite. “I see Socialbrite as a great chance for us as strategists to collaborate while helping nonprofits keep pace with this fast-changing landscape.”.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

NpTech Software and Web Apps Here's two new networked content creation platforms, although focusing on different disciplines. OpenPlans is a platform for social activism to bring groups together to promote causes, make plans, and get things done. It's an open source free web meeting service. It isn't dumb dumb.

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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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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Course authoring software platforms empower learning professionals, often alongside content development experts, to author, design, and assemble eLearning courses for learners. Essentially, these platforms are used by those with the need for and resources to invest in comprehensive training programs to train a large audience of learners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I took a series of screen shots from social media platforms and had the participants discuss and identify what the best Arabic phrase or word. Most of the social media tools and tag lines did translate, although there isn’t specific Arabic concept or phrase for “user-generated content.&#.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

John is currently working on OpenAction, a platform that connects people to the projects they care about. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. Many of us are aware of open source software and open architecture, but open philanthropy doesn’t exist yet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

Gave a great simple definition of open source software: access to code, users modify, anyone can redistribute, public collaborative development. How do take platforms and bring it altogether? Tags: clbc09. On YouTube the attention span is very short 15 hrs of footage uploaded every minute. grab attention quickly.

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