Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) Quasi-social, quasi-professional. I use IRC every day.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. Each year, we celebrate Pro Bono Week: a time to recognize professionals around the world who volunteer their skills for causes they care about. Here are three ways nonprofit and education professionals give their time and talent through Open Source Commons: 1.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

How do you create a one-size-fits-all day for a large group of people, both nonprofit professionals and technologists, with a wide range of technical competency levels? community Community drupal NTC Open Source Open Source thinkshout Web Sites website IT Staff'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ). a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

SocialCoding4Good brings together individual software professionals as well as corporate social responsibility teams from companies such as Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard, LinkedIn, and VMware to volunteer their technical skills to nonprofit partners that develop and maintain free and open source software addressing critical social problems.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

However, my concern today is that technology professionals have drifted over the last century away from directly applying the benefits of science and technology to the needs of all of humanity. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 28, 2015

Whether you’re the IT professional for an established non-profit or huge multinational, a budding blogger or a mom-and-pop etail startup, your website is the face you put forth to the world. And indeed, the distinctions between the two platforms are important to know before embarking on a website design initiative.

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See3

APRIL 28, 2009

Leading provider of online fundraising, education and advocacy for nonprofits partners with the first open-source video platform. “Many nonprofits need to move beyond free video sharing sites and introduce a professional solution to manage their video content.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

Nonprofit professionals follow through with that commendable aspiration. . As a professional in the nonprofit sector, you can absolutely still work to be the best you can be, developing your personal and professional skills and advancing your career along the way. Actively Look for New Learning Opportunities. Online courses.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. I was joined today for a panel at SXSW to discuss the blurry or blurring lines of personal and professional identify online. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. With me on the panel was Debra Askanase, Jess Main, and Vanessa Rhinesmith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Noy Shoung also predicts that by 2006 more computer users in Cambodia will be using Open Source software versus Microsoft. NIDA is a partner with Khmer Open Source Project , an Open Source Localization project to customize Khmer-Language versions for software applications and operating system , a Linux SuSE 9.3

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Indeed, there are hundreds if not thousands to choose from, many geared solely towards professional designers who have the ability to code and who most likely have a strong background in website building and administration. An Open Book. Money Talks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Her blog, Susie's Blog - Winning hearts and minds over to FOSS (Free Open Source Software) is an excellent example of how professionals in the nonprofit technology field use blogging for professional development. Susie has a great sense of humor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

be clean, informative and professional. So, is your personal knowledge network like open source software or is it under lock and key? takes away from the overall look of your profile which I think. should be the central focus of your LinkedIn page. I think your profile should. I think the list takes away from that. t show the.

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Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

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). In order to build valuable, quality, scalable, maintainable software, a thoughtful and methodical approach is best.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

With GDPR coming into effect in the European Union and privacy scandals making headlines, many nonprofit professionals are concerned about data protection. Always use systems in a professional manner and with good judgment. ClamAV is a popular open-source option. DBAN is one popular open-source option to assist with this.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Lori Freeman, General Manager of Salesforce for Nonprofits shared with the NetHope community the newest Salesforce innovation all centered around data: Unifying and protecting data: Salesforce’s partnership with AWS focuses on building open-source integrations to automate deployment and hydration of data lakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Ethan Zuckerman, a persuasive critic of Second Life, has withdrawn his "Second Life is not Open Source" complaint in light of Linden Labs announcement. There's still time to catch this opening happening tommorrow, January 10th: European Young Professionals (EYP) To Launch 2007 London Chapter Simultaneously.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, the platform is open-sourced, meaning anyone and everyone can contribute to it in the form of updates, new themes, and custom plugins that help create more functionality and give the program greater versatility and, in turn, greater popularity. Check out a forum.

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sgEngage

MAY 25, 2023

She encourages us, as sector professionals, to rethink our outdated problem-solving habits and stop making assumptions without acknowledgment and testing. In this excerpt from No More Status Quo , Heather digs into the problematic assumptions of long-held “best practices” in the grantmaking space.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2021

As a leader in the nonprofit sector, you’re not only concerned with your own learning journey, but the professional development of your employees as well. Now that people have the time to dedicate to professional development, offering them the opportunity to learn will show that you’re invested in their growth, encouraging employee retention.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 2, 2016

The templates are clean and streamlined and all crafted by an outside group of web design professionals, meaning the aesthetics remain up-to-date with current trends. When it comes to options that can really help you sell on your site, WordPress—as open source software—puts lots of additions at your fingerprints from third party developers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Are we doing enough on the front end to prevent personal and professional disasters from happening? Check out just a few of the sessions our partners are delivering: Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management on Salesforce.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

Open Broadcaster Software (OBS; Application-Based Program). OBS is an application-based, open-source software platform for broadcasters that allows for simple video editing functionality in real-time. . This software is free but is limited and has no professional support because of its open-source nature.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

"OpenMRS® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework. We've come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions."

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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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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

With virtual events quickly becoming the new normal for the events industry, it is important that you find and make use of the best tools available to host a professional and engaging event. OBS Studio is an open-source tool for video recording and live streaming. Capterra Rating : 5/5. 3D video editing. Brand overlay.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. I was joined today for a panel at SXSW to discuss the blurry or blurring lines of personal and professional identify online. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. With me on the panel was Debra Askanase, Jess Main, and Vanessa Rhinesmith.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

There’s a groundswell in interest, on the part of “non-nonprofit professionals,” to engage with social movements and causes. It has been incredibly exciting to see how open source projects like Social Actions tend to grow in fits and bursts, depending on the demands and resources made available by users.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

We value professionalism, dedication and service. 4 We prefer open to proprietary (internal and external). Benetech seeks to be open internally and externally. While respecting individual privacy and our other values, we foster a collaborative work environment through open communication.

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NTEN

JULY 3, 2014

Free Geek keeps costs low and in line with its values by sending computers out with the free and open source Ubuntu operating system (rather than purchasing Windows licenses, for example). In addition to recycling and refurbishing technology, Free Geek provides a wealth of classes that are free and open to the public.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The examples are described in detail on the project blog , but thinking about the map as a tool to consider who to connect and engage with can be applied to a professional network, the second lens – and the focus of this blog post. Why Visualize Your Professional Network? Harold Jarche (@hjarche) April 25, 2014. Organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { David Geilhufe ponders how technology solutions split communities, and issues of a lack of strategic vision. It’s a great, thoughtful post. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2010

As anyone who's attended a professional event like this knows, there isn't much time to explore your surroundings. Tags: Clients Databases Donors Marketing Online Recruitment Open Source Reporting Running Your Organization Software Tech Planning Using the Web and Internet. read more.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Tech professionals and Internet security specialists call out four main reasons why keeping WordPress updated at all times is important: security, performance, bug fixes and compatibility.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon. A Values-Centered Future for Social Media Nonprofit communications and tech professionals must decide whether to stay with legacy social media platforms, leave for emerging platforms, or attempt to balance both.

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