NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

There are two major hurdles that must be overcome for an online community to succeed: the selection of appropriate community (or "social-networking") features that make sense for the community in question, and, secondly, actually implementing those features in your online application. The Kitchen Sink Social Networking Site.

Open Source 36

Open Source Open Drupal Community 36

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2017

Second, the popularity of social networking is steady and continues to spread globally, but messaging apps such as WhatsApp, LINE, and Snapchat are emerging as powerful digital communities. Source: State of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising 2017. Email and social media are the first apps opened. Source: ReportLinker.

Social Media 261

Social Media Stats Mobile Technology 261

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

I picked up on a post by Elizabeth Dunn about decision trees for which type of social network - large network, nice audience network, or roll your own. Kevin used the white label social networking solution Elgg (an open source sonet with facebook like functionality) to set up a community.

Social Network 61

Social Network Network Social Open Source 61

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Countless nonprofits flocked to Ning to create social networks. Since I’m not a social media guru, I’ve generally kept my opinions about this to myself. Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)? But now that Ning isn’t free anymore , I’m going to carp some.

Ning 199

Ning Drupal Open Source Disaster 199

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. Social and Collaborative Platforms - Social networks and Web 2.0 Register today!

San Francisco 36

San Francisco Open Source Open AJAX 36

Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Drupal Commons (an open-source variant of Drupal from our friends at Acquia ) is a versatile and complete full-service community platform. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Drupal Commons. Jive Engage Platform.

Social Network 47

Social Network Drupal Ning Network 47

Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Drupal Commons (an open-source variant of Drupal from our friends at Acquia ) is a versatile and complete full-service community platform. It offers a very nice blend of social networking and web content management functionality, and is very customizable. Drupal Commons. Jive Engage Platform.

Social Network 47

Social Network Drupal Ning Network 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Social Media Roundup There are places in the world where YouTube has been banned, including Turkey and Thailand. Are you suffering from Social Networking Web Sites overload syndrome ? Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Trebor Scholz wonders about Social Networks - Public, Private, or Social?

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Open Source Nptech Summary Tag 50

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 17, 2012

Many thanks to Thushan Ganegedara for this guest post about his summer open source project. Integrate Social Network sharing Social Networks have become one of the very popular trends in the modern society. So why not give Go Read some space in social networks?

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Sri Lanka Google API Mentoring 124

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I’m focusing on tools that are free and open source – tools that you would install on your own server, or your own private cloud. 2) Elgg: Elgg is a powerful open source social network tool. I’m sure I’ll miss some, so please add more in comments. I’ve blogged about Elgg before.

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email Drupal Open Source Module 164

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

"OpenMRS® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework. However, many women in technology and social media still face a digital ceiling." Understand the importance of both community size and data ownership in your social network strategy."

Web 100

Web Open Source Bookmarking Student 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 31, 2010

ROI of Social Networking. Women and Open Source and Identity. Among the sessions: Launching Your Own Startup. Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation. Female Ferocity. Speak Up: Pitching and Public Speaking Mojo. Building the Ultimate User Experience.

Tech 181

Tech Blogher Slideshare ROI 181

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I hear people suggesting building their own social networking website. And, for the purposes of this post, I’m using “buy&# exceedingly loosely - including purchasing proprietary software, installing open source, or using SaaS.). I even occasionally still hear tell of organizations who want custom CRMs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Only vaguely because I don’t really keep close track of the goings on in the Social Networking space: it’s not my passion. I love to write blog entries about successful open source efforts – like CiviCRM, or the amazing stuff people are doing in the mobile space.

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Difference Open Source Myspace Nptech 160

Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech online community Blogging Social networking membership database websites Membership management data backup open source software content Ning.

Ning 63

Ning Content Network Open Source 63

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. Don’t use Ning, use Elgg.

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Tools Open Source Drupal Adobe 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.) Can it be demoted now?

Social Media 211

Social Media Media Social Hype 211

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Apparently, the data stays in the container (the social network site) and probably can’t move beyond it. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks. Be Helpful.

Open 100

Open Data Social Mashup 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. It’s a throwback from social networking circa 2006.

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Fun Resource Audio Stats 277

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I’m excited about this project – it’s gathering the knowledge and expertise of a great group of folks, and it will provide a free source of information and case studies so that nonprofits can best figure out how to step into the frothy waters of social networks. I think I can write something up. Be Helpful.

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Project Module Open Source Case Study 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. Rapleaf digs into the usual social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, etc.), Be Helpful.

Public 100

Public Widget Open Source Demographics 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. Your TextMark functions as a Short Code and should ideally match your website and social networking profile URLs. FrontlineSMS is an award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub.

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Group Campaign Free Mobile 210

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

I think people are finally realizing that the current state of affairs – where we can pump data into Facebook and other social networks, but not get data out of them, is untenable. There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph.

Open Source 100

Open Source Social Facebook Script 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

Ning 100

Ning API Open Source Social Network 100

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2015

Do you need CRM, online fundraising, discussion forums, social networks, or job listings? You can likely find a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution to sign up for, a license to purchase, or open source solution to download all that offer complete working solutions to use "out of the box" to address your need.

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Service API Build Open Source 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Social Networking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a social networking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label social network for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Network 50

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

It could be checking in with people on a location-based social network. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. Why be in just one place when we can be in many? That might look like sharing a picture from a concert, while you are still at the concert.

Philanthropy 244

Philanthropy Social Media Media Social 244

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. “We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions. Learn more about the Challenge & participate!

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Action Challenge Web Change 100

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

– "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow. "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open architecture exists in the construction industry. " What do you think?

Web 105

Web Bookmarking Philanthropy Open Source 105

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Beth Kanter asks whether or not we can add some more steps to Chris Brogan’s fabulous 50 steps to create a social media presence. and social network guru for the nptech community. David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source. Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0 Be Helpful.

Technology 100

Technology Open Source Sample Nonprofit 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I succumbed. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter.

Twitter 100

Twitter Open Source RSS Tech 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc. I’ll be doing an entry soon, sort of “how social networks could use open standards 101.&# So first, what is data portability? Be Helpful.

Data 100

Data Open Source Industry RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 18, 2007

I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. Be Helpful.

Facebook 100

Facebook Open Source Technorati Linkedin 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. and our own Social Source Commons , are a different animal.) 1 trackback } The Better Scoial Network 08.24.07 It’s supports a distributed social networking, uh, network.

Linkedin 100

Linkedin Facebook Social Network Open Source 100

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 30, 2009

When you sign up for one panel, feel free to register for a couple more complementary - that’s right, it’s on us. • Social Media ROI. • Women and Open Source. • Tools Galore in Online Communications. • Transparency and Government 2.0. • Video Activism. • Launching Your Own Startup. • Breaking Through the Digital Ceiling. (..)

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Tech San Francisco Atlanta Blogher 120