Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Movable Type goes Open Source December 13, 2007 This is old news, sort of. This blog (and my personal blog ) were on TypePad for years, and I rather like the MoveableType interface and feature set.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Typepad WordPress 100

sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. Join Blackbaud experts to learn how these secure integrations can extend your software’s capabilities. Where do you start?

Blackbaud 83

Blackbaud API Empowerment Nevada 83

Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. To read about how open-source software might benefit your nonprofit or public library, check out part one of this series. Making the Right Decision About Open-Source Software.

Open Source 36

Open Source Open Program Images 36

Allegiance Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article will discuss several key points to help you make an informed decision, covering topics such as open-source vs. closed-source platforms, software costs, licensing methods, and more. Many do not have open-source code, but some, like Umbraco, do.

Open Source 52

Open Source License Drupal Platform 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 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 #14: SugarCRM March 27, 2008 Since I’ve been covering CRMs for the webinar today, I figured I’d switch categories on my free and open source software list.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2015

So it should come as no surprise that buying an expensive software product isn't always high on the agenda. Some nonprofits fashion homemade, composite solutions with the tools they have — however dated or inefficient — to avoid the large expenditure that new software often requires. Stay tuned! spanhidden.

Open Source 36

Open Source Open License Software 36

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How do you go about finding out whether it’s the right software, and whether the project has a healthy community, since you don’t want to adopt a project that doesn’t? Make sure that the features that it outlines there match your requirements. Or you’re just curious about projects you’ve heard about.

Open Source 100

Open Source Software Open Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 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 #16: CiviCRM April 21, 2008 In honor of the webinar that is happening in a couple of weeks, I figured I’d talk a bit about CiviCRM. Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The power of open source VOIP December 18, 2007 Today seems to be Asterisk day. Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. What is Asterisk, you ask? Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Case Study RSS 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 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 #15: MPower Open CRM April 14, 2008 I am so far behind, it’s not funny. What’s new about MPower is that it has very recently been released as open source.

Open Source 111

Open Source Open Tools Free 111

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 3, 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 #1: Thunderbird January 3, 2008 Before the holidays, I promised that I’d do 100 posts this year on free and open source tools. Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 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 #3: Dokuwiki January 15, 2008 I have become a fan, nay, a devotee of DokuWiki. The one feature that makes my day: draft autosave! Be Helpful.

Open Source 100

Open Source Mediawiki Open Tools 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 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 #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 17, 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 #4: GIMP January 17, 2008 GIMP stands for Gnu Image Manipulation Program. GIMP is a very full-featured image manipulation program. 2 sandrar 09.10.09 at 11:38 am Hi!

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

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'

Open Source 184

Open Source Literacy eBook Empowerment 184

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.

Open Source 183

Open Source Africa Zimbabwe Malawi 183

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. What could your supporters and staff do if they took advantage of those features? Why Open Source? Open source is not just about software distribution. " Other Open-Source Mobile Tools. What the Mobile Revolution Means.

Open Source 44

Open Source Mobile Open Change 44

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

Open Source 100

Open Source Database Open Language 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

Open Source 100

Open Source Database Open Language 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 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 #6: Joomla! January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Tools Free 100

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. Open source is a community-driven effort.

Open Source 36

Open Source Open Drupal Community 36

Kindful

AUGUST 28, 2023

And the way we do that on the software development team is to build features and products that provide real value to our customers. You may be writing components or features from scratch, refactoring code, adding incremental improvements, writing and maintaining technical documentation, writing tests, and fixing bugs.

Application 52

Application Develop Web Tennessee 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Nonprofits don’t use e-commerce much, but I’ve had some experience (on both sides of the profit fence) doing e-commerce, and for some reason, shopping carts are intriguing me at the moment, and I figure its a good time to know what’s out there, especially in the open source shopping cart world. This is a big plus.

Open Source 154

Open Source Drupal Module Europe 154

Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. CoreFTP — FTP client software: [link]. Express ClickYes — Gets around the Outlook security feature that prevents mass emailing by malware. ZoneAlarm — PC firewall software: [link].

Software 100

Software Free North Carolina Skype 100

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.

Oracle 149

Oracle Alternative Open Source Ubuntu 149

NonProfit Hub

JULY 27, 2017

Use software to help you out! Whether your organization is just starting or is established with a large following, every nonprofit can benefit from some type of nonprofit software. But as you probably know, the process of deciding on the right software can slow you down. With Salsa’s digital marketing software, you can!

Software 42

Software Guide Nonprofit Analytics 42

Tech Soup

APRIL 1, 2009

Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. While they're similar in many ways, they also have some substantial differences when it comes to features and flexibility. Tools Web 2.0

Open Source 43

Open Source Drupal WordPress System 43

Judi Sohn

APRIL 1, 2013

Previously, I highlighted favorite features in Nonprofit Starter Pack , Click & Pledge and Causeview , now I’m going to talk about my favorite parts of Soapbox Engage. Truth be told, my favorite thing about Soapbox Engage isn’t a technology feature. But let’s talk favorite feature of the software.

Life 221

Life Tutorial Application Open Source 221

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.

System 100

System Content Open Open Source 100

See3

APRIL 28, 2009

Leading provider of online fundraising, education and advocacy for nonprofits partners with the first open-source video platform. Kaltura is a terrific product and their quality and feature-set simply cannot be matched. That they are open source is a huge added benefit to our clients and the greater nonprofit community.&#.

Open Source 45

Open Source Platform Video Mediawiki 45

AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

The Accelevents Studio connects with live streaming solutions (such as Lightstream, Streamyard, ReStream, and Open Broadcaster Software) through RTMP capabilities. . It comes with the features listed above, like custom backgrounds, multiple speakers on screen, and custom graphics. . OBS is an application-based program.

Stream 52

Stream Service Broadcast Tools 52

AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

This software tool offers a range of functionalities and its intuitive to use, which means that you do not need to have any prior video editing or production experience to create something slick. This software is best suited for presentations and instructional videos. Pricing: Free Software. Pricing: Plans start at $39.

Virtual 97

Virtual Product Video Tools 97

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 30, 2014

of Martus —our free, open source, secure information collection and management software—which includes major updates and usability improvements. features a new Configuration Wizard for account setup, offering fresh look-and-feel and greatly improved user experience. The biggest highlight of this release is that Martus 4.5

Literacy 164

Literacy Journal Open Source Digital 164

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

Internet 142

Internet Copyright Law Open Source 142

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

NpTech Google Talk Google Presentations: Tell a Story Together: Network Presentations lets us know about a relatively new feature in Google documents called Google Presentations. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

Open Source 50

Open Source Nptech Summary Tag 50

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 decided it was time to do a roundup of the discussion and collaboration alternatives that exist at this point.

email 164

email Drupal Open Source Module 164

Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Invest in Open Source. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. Make Integration-Focused Software a Priority. Your content management system's roadmap shouldn't be dictated by whether another company thinks a feature is important.

Drupal 70

Drupal Websites Project Los Angeles 70