Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

"The mobile tools to solve social problems are already out there." session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. Why Open Source? Open source is not just about software distribution. " Other Open-Source Mobile Tools. What the Mobile Revolution Means. Broadcast SMS.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How not to treat an open source user community October 4, 2007 I’ve been using activeCollab for a few months now. to develop open source software. at 2:40 pm That’s sad.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

We addressed these problems through data investigations and corrections, and enhancements to how we sample data. The harmful impact of these early problems was clear. What problem is your AI trying to solve, and what is the definition of bias and harm for that problem? What can bias look like in the data?

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. With open source (specifically, in this case, Drupal ), all of the functionality is available already (except for the jet-packs and sinks -- those are still in beta).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Caltech feeds an intense curiosity, a burning desire to understand, to grapple with hard problems and to own them! The thrill of solving problems, of figuring something out, and bringing that understanding into the service of humanity. To the greatest extent possible, be open.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool. To do so, we definitely need your help. billion poor and unbanked. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. “Open source is nothing without a community, and I could not be more excited for the DLRS team and this release. Learn more about the history of DLRS, and Andy’s decision to join the Open Source Commons program.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 10, 2007

It's the same problem the record labels are facing. Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) have been wrestling with this for years, as the success of the Open Source movement places a downward pressure on the value of software. How can they take advantage of these new web-based distribution tools without going broke?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Helped environmental leaders design, manage, monitor, and evaluate global conservation projects and campaigns with the first open source conservation project management tool. My firm belief is that tech will play a key role in solving just about every social problem imaginable. I can assure you that I am not retiring.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology See a problem? Let’s stop for a while throwing new websites at problems, and think more deeply about why those problems exist. Throw a website at it! at 11:51 am Sadly, you’re right.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

Complex Problems Aren’t Solved in a Vacuum. While many organizations are working on the problem, no one individual, government agency, nonprofit, or school can solve it on their own. Submit an Idea. To address these challenges, the connection between technology and community is critical.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 14, 2011

I’ve mentioned this before, and I do think the conventional wisdom is that open source software (which includes OpenOffice.org, MySQL and Java) will not flourish at Oracle. It makes sense – Oracle has never had a culture of fostering open source software, and it seems unlikely to obtain one.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

And in recent years, CMSs have been divided into two main categories—the “Open Source” and “Proprietary: systems—because, as is so true on the Internet of today, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. And indeed, the distinctions between the two platforms are important to know before embarking on a website design initiative.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. We all know that hunger is a complex and growing problem. Why Food Insecurity in the U.S.? Elizabeth Whamond. Emilio Tavarez.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

This annual event brings together representatives from nonprofits and technology companies around the world to address the biggest problems facing humanity and the planet. When organizations from across sectors, locations, and backgrounds come together, we can find solutions to big problems that none of us could solve alone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

AI4Good is a somewhat new field that sits at the intersection of big tech companies and the world’s biggest problems. The report includes a set of recommendations for organizations that want to use AI to solve social good problems, tech companies, and policy makers. For organizations, the guidelines include: .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 25, 2011

For Windows, I use SecureCRT , which is well worth the $ since putty is not up to the task (I know, it’s open source, which is great. For Windows, I love Notepad++ , a sweet open source text editor. But it just doesn’t cut it if you need to use it pretty much all day every day with multiple servers.)

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features. As far as security is concerned, Drupal releases frequent security updates and fixes and is supported by a strong team of developers who proactively work to resolve problems.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

An Open Book. One of the most laudable attributes of WordPress is that it’s an open-source CMS: there’s an entire community of users backing it up and creating thousands of plug-ins—beyond the basics that come with the starter version of the platform—that make it faster, prettier and more efficient. Money Talks.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As we observe the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on December 2nd, it’s important to remember that modern slavery is a complex problem that takes many forms. It is an illicit trade that affects the world’s most vulnerable people – people who are bought, sold, and exploited for profit every day.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 23, 2022

If you’re sold on a microsite separate from your main website, here are some platforms that can help spin up a website: WordPress : Free open-source software that can be used for a wide range of websites, hosted solutions cost money. ” However, too much of a good thing, even microsites can become a problem.

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NTEN

APRIL 11, 2013

But then you get into problems of time, scale, and cost, because really, mobile needs to be thought of holistically, not in some piecemeal, “Oh, the Red Cross raised a lot of money , so we should do a mobile fundraising campaign, too” kind of way. For one thing, it’s a huge topic. Do you need to think about mobile marketing? SMS fundraising?

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Indeed, with an open-source platform like WordPress—and not to mention the thousands of plug-ins and themes available to users—it should come as no great surprise that bugs, security holes and the like are constantly being discovered and, unfortunately, exploited by nefarious hackers.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

But beyond the exciting new gadget and gizmos being folded in through regular updates, there are more crucial reasons to keep your programs and devices current: when an app, plugin or other program is created, it’s inevitable that there will be problems with performance, connectivity and, most importantly, with security.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

Excellent diagnostic/troubleshooting and problem-solving skills We are looking for the following experience: Someone with leadership experience. 7+ years of software development experience with an emphasis on Ruby on Rails is best, but we will consider other open-source backgrounds as well (Python, etc).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The world’s problems are many, and we keep seeing opportunities for technologists to address those problems effectively. All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

He explains, however, why despite the increased amount of data that's available, problems with measuring social progress persist. How NGOs Are Using Data Maps to Communicate Problems. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies. Open Source philanthropy data open data big data maps Social Progress Index'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Next week, while in the UK and on a laptop that won't support the Second Life client (there are access problems), the Berkman Center will present a highlight of this course - a virtual trial ! And, while, I'm not a lawyer, the discussion was so relevant to technology adoption/change issues and it Rebecca was a damn good virtual facilitator.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

After more than 13 years working with nonprofit and cultural institutions, like the Denver Botanic Gardens , our firm has seen that these problems are epidemic. The big problem is that most nonprofit web design projects are considered a one-time expense, instead of a long-term investment. Invest in Open Source.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 6, 2022

Can you just ignore this and hope the problem solves itself: nope Yes, this is as annoying as you think it is. This migration work will not happen automatically , and it is on each organization to migrate code, and export legacy data. For nonprofits, Google Ad Grant may be at risk if it isn’t connected to a working Google Analytics property.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Do we recognize the signs of these problems? Check out just a few of the sessions our partners are delivering: Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management on Salesforce. Zak Kaufman, Vera Solutions, and Andrew Means, Salesforce.org.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

Luckily, this is not a problem for Accelevents users since they are only streaming into one event and are recording using the Accelevents platform. Open Broadcaster Software (OBS; Application-Based Program). This software is free but is limited and has no professional support because of its open-source nature.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2008

As many of you know, I have been using OpenOffice.org , the free and open source office suite since before it was OpenOffice.org. That would be when it was Star Office. That was a long time ago. So I’ve seen it develop and change (and helped a tiny, tiny little bit along the way by submitting bugs.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I think of myself in these terms: I educate, facilitate, mediate, and problem-solve. I don’t implement much for them (although in a pinch, I’ll set something up, or fix a specific problem.) For one client, I am their technology go-to person, since they are really small, and have no tech staff. OK, enough of that.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I tout the benefits of open source software. First problem: Linux address books … suck. Open source projects do get better. That’s open source, no? It was great.

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