Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. Setup of all three has a one time fee. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Beyond the basics, the RPi Hub at the Embedded Linux Wiki is a great resource for programming for Raspberry Pi. Power source. hardware open source' Students can create interactive stories, games, and animations to understand the basic concepts of programming before learning actual code. Power ratings. 300 mA (1.5

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

IDI’s Blogger Relations has some good ideas and resources on data management – they suggest, and I agree that it is critical to managing fundraising strategy. Beth has some advice for dealing with too much data – write it down (er, on a wiki that is.) I wish all nonprofits understood this! Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 12, 2007

IDI’s Blogger Relations has some good ideas and resources on data management – they suggest, and I agree that it is critical to managing fundraising strategy. Beth has some advice for dealing with too much data – write it down (er, on a wiki that is.) I wish all nonprofits understood this! Be Helpful.

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Forum One

APRIL 22, 2010

" He continues: "So, we are going to change our strategy to devote 100% of our resources to building the winning product to capture this big opportunity. Additions: Photos, wikis, video, search, email notifications, and chat. We will phase out our free service." www.groupsite.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Even if they do, it takes developer time to write the code to do the integration, and that may be resources that a nonprofit doesn’t have. All of these strategies take time and resources, but of different kinds. Some take internal staff resources (especially the Manual strategy.) Some CRMs still don’t have openAPIs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2007

We've planned and built the materials (which are a work in progress) on the Social Media Wiki - which also houses a draft guide on Social Media that David is writing for NCVO. The slides and notes with links to loads of resources and examples can be found here. The wiki is under "by" 2.0 Feedback appreciated.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. The graphic below illustrates the intensity of resources required for each category. Here are a few social websites that offer different levels of resource integration. Authenticate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

NpTech Blogging, Tagging, and Wikis An excellent presentation on social media and nonprofits by Jocelyn Harmon and Qui Diaz is being discussed by Dave B. Check out the nonprofitmanagement wiki ! Arts NpTech The Goat at Large shouts about Open Source CMS for arts organizations from the Center for Arts Management and Technology.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

Socialbrite is here to offer articles, videos, resources and tutorials on how to take command of all this Web 2.0 We'll be republishing some of these articles on learning wikis, and everything here is released under a Creative Commons license, so we hope you'll take part in this ecosystem of sharing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. 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. http ://www.noula.ht/index.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

A We Need/We Have exchange to help get available resources to the people that need them. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts. A Crisis Wiki to serve as "yellow pages" for folks supporting the relief efforts in Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Mobile MobileActive.org has released a new resource for mobile activists in the Spanish-language according to the AFP blog. Wikis Laura Whitehead writes about how to use a wiki as a trainer tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. Enjoy this post about nonprofit open source software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

observes, "Thus you need a strategy that combines email lists pushing your message, vision, and resources out into communities residing on sites and networks other than your own." I rounded up some other resources here and the Shaping Youth Blog did a roundup post with huge pile of green geek, recyclying, and youth education links.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. And, then revisit and revise the outline we brainstormed via skype and wiki , and finally build a powerpoint. Some more examples and resources from the LASA list: Sean Kenny points to an example of publishing content with RSS feeds. I have one blog post here.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2007

WiserEarth tracks the work of nonprofits around the world | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone: "WiserEarth, which launched in May, is an open-source database of more than 107,000 do-good organizations, with 5,400 users around the world. Users can create and maintain profile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

The BuzzMonitor is an open source application that "listens" to what people are saying about the World Bank across blogs and other sites in order to help the organization understand and engage in social media. Couldn't resist this one, Screencast-O-Matic (with some wikis thrown in) from Bamboo Project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

An excellent primer about RSS in Teaching Hacks Wiki that looks at RSS in terms of different outcomes - productivity, professional development, community building, and others. Webinars about personal fundraising (with Kevin Bacon) and Open Source Software (Michelle Murrain) over at NTEN next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. Stephanie McAuliffe is the Director of Human Resources at the Packard Foundation. . An easy example is green technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. Top Rated Resources at Kikono. NetEquality provides resources for nonprofits government agencies, communities, housing authorities, and CDCs to install their wireless networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

In less than a month, volunteers across the country, with no other resources than their know-how and volunteer time, built www.twittervotereport.com to stream individual messages from Twitter and that will aggregate messages into maps and graphs. Matt Cooperrider, a key architect of the effort, called Twitter Vote Report ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

They are using RSS to stream content, including resources tagged with NpTech tag in del.icio.us. The " OpenItUp " blog shares a list of commonly used excuses for not using open source as heard during the recent LASA UK Circuit Rider Conference. A Couple of Really Good Wikis. functionality. or more like web 1.0?)

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

It is essentially a wiki where you will be able to upload a problem statement and links to related data sets etc. The NT100 will form the basis for a growing online resource for social enterprises called “The Social Tech Guide." After that we hope lots of people will contribute content to it. Technology for Good Report.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

First of all, while there are many choices for collaboration tools, a few simple filters will get one 90% of the way there (if you want to control the content but get some feedback, use a blog tool; if you need to develop a written product, use a wiki or Google Docs; if you want group discussions and networking, use a social network tool; etc.).

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. However, some nonprofits feel that Second Life is a waste of time and resources. Freecharity.org.uk Can cell phones ensure a free vote? You've got to love their logo.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2009

from Plone/SF Integration group ) There’s a good overview of the integration on the developerforce wiki. There is a Plone/Salesforce.com Integration group , that keeps working on this, and a number of organization, including ONE/Northwest , have invested huge amounts of time and resources to working on this integration.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

In just 50 minutes Laura Quinn of Idealware , Natalie Foster of the DNC and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach talked about a ton of great tools to ramp up nonprofits online campaigns ranging from Wikis to Google Earth and Twittter. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. I was modeling crowd sourcing and my new definition of an expert: Your expertise is in your network.

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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. 2) Crowd Creation.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Whereas blogs are a good reporting mechanism, wikis are a better collaborative tool. An internal, shared group wiki will allow you to explore different topics (i.e. create new pages for new areas of interest), refine mission statements, and aggregate research resources in a central area. I like Wik.is I like Wik.is

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

For more information about coworking, read the Coworking Community Blog , check out the Coworking wiki, join the Coworking Google Group , watch this short video , and see photos of coworking spaces in the BusinessWeek article, Where the Coffee Shop Meets the Cubicle. and then click on the wiki.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The program would commence with a registration process which would provide students with access to an online community which would provide age-appropriate resources for the students. Standing User Experience & Design Resources for Web Pilots. Vote for this Idea]. Department of Defense/USAID. In a Web 2.0 Vote for this Idea - DoD].

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

It’s not super easy to use, but it has lots of assistance like help files, a user manual and online resources such as tutorials , a wiki , documentation (in 11 languages), forums , FAQs , tips etc. is a free open source application. Additional Resources. You can download all the guides here. to get started.

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