Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! We have webinar recordings , tools, and resources to help you make stories that stand out. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. Looking for inspiration?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Tech Talk at SXSW.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on. Examples from Haiti.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? Here's a few: She's Geeky , an unconference for women in technology, held a blog day on September 19th which generated many posts including a few from the nonprofit tech space ( here , here , and here ) Blog Action Day is October 15th.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

From my college dorm room, where I thought that pattern recognition could do more than target missiles, to my first successful high tech company where we built technology that could read just about any font without training, to Benetech’s founding with the Arkenstone reading machine for the blind. That was over 24 years ago!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend. This past year, U.S.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Women Who Tech brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Also posted on the Frogloop blog for nonprofits here. Google Sketchup.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora’s life journey is an inspiring story. For example, a recent project of hers is Startup Box: South Bronx, or [SB] 2 —a nonprofit startup incubator and tech education center that aims to connect the creativity of the South Bronx with the power of the tech industry by bringing together students, startups and community members. [SB]

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

We may be a nonprofit, but we’re also a tech company: in ten years, we shouldn’t be doing what we’re doing today! That work includes updates and upgrades to Martus , our free, open source software that enables human rights fieldworkers to securely document abuse that is occurring in dangerous environments.

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NTEN

MAY 6, 2009

Big news: The 2nd annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit is coming up on May 12th via phone and web! Women and Open Source. Tech Marketing in a Recession. Innovation and Tech Career Reinventio . The TeleSummit brings together hundreds of women who leverage their technology savvy to inspire change and transform the world.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . They shared valuable insights that addressed the many challenges nonprofits are facing around smart tech adoption, content strategy, change management, and leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2009

Future Tech (10:15am, Wheeler Hall). The Future Tech panelists are experts in the development and implementation of new technologies that work for the social good. Gave a great simple definition of open source software: access to code, users modify, anyone can redistribute, public collaborative development.

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AFP Blog

MAY 29, 2007

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Adventures in open source: The nonprofit software debate continuesElisa Birnbaum By Elisa BirnbaumMay 28, 2007I have to admit I’m not very tech savvy. I’m just happy if I can use my laptop without hassle and rely heavily on the IT support of my family and friends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

So what’s the story? 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. Michelle twittering? 1 trackback } Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications. Don’t Build That App.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2010

Dean Haddock is the Manager of Information Technology for StoryCorps , a nonprofit organization which provides Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of their lives. Dean recently attended the SugarCRM conference and is sharing his experience here as a guest blogger.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

We just show up and make sure you guys have ample opportunities to share your amazing stories and expertise. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08 at 12:00 pm Thanks Michelle – and thanks to you! It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference.

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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. What is public? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Being geeks, we thought of ways to address this challenge with technology.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Tech Talk at SXSW. At SXSW, there….

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

This reminds me of a true story. A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We help the human rights movement speak truth to power, because we believe each story of human rights abuse is a tool for justice. We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. Los Angeles, California: LGBTQ and Tech! Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Heroic Stories Capture Nonprofit Audiences. Sachs also wrote Winning the Story Wars , a book about how nonprofits and other organizations for social good can use storytelling to capture an audience. Sachs advised organizations to look to ancient mythology when forming their stories. Create Documentaries for Your Cause.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

So running RHEL on Amazon E2 is a potentially low-cost, low-pain way for nonprofits (with appropriate levels of tech staff, of course) to dip their toes into hosting complex applications on Linux, without having that noisy box in the corner. { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 me_just_me 11.12.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

One of the underlying stories of the 2008 election victory of Barack Obama is the really intelligent use of technology , in a way that will permanently change how campaigns are run in the future. Open Source Hardware: can it be done ? Open-Xchange just got a bunch of $.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally. Helping staff articulate their stories and developing them might require storytelling training. Blumenfeld organized workshops for staff that taught them about the important aspects of stories, incorporating calls-to-action in their stories, and more.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Contributing Social Value & Impact Through Tech, Community, and Partnerships. Open Source Commons and Community Sprints , where our Salesforce-savvy community gathers to co-create solutions together. Partnerships : We build social innovation capacity through partner services, pro bono support , and impact-led partnerships.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Los Angeles, California: LGBTQ & Tech! Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

We envision taking ProvingIt to an open-source platform, and ultimately offering it across the sector to those who share our desires: to track progress, to be honest about failure, to transform conversations with donors, and to measure impact not just once, but over long periods of time. We'd love to hear your stories!

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. Fast Forward, a tech nonprofit accelerator, highlighted a few such organizations during their Demo Day 2022 event. Using Tech to Reduce Barriers to Education.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

12NTC is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals who work on technology, communications, or guide their organizations in tech decisions. 12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from Ariel Gilbert-Knight. Telling Better Stories: Fundraising Tips from 12NTC from Ariel Gilbert-Knight.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Like getting underneath the surface issues of the recent CRM vendor mergers, or getting underneath issues relating to open source software. I don’t think I live up to that quite as well as I’d like, given my preference for open source solutions. But in his epilogue, Menand cites Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. Surveyor is for teams collecting multiple data types from many sources.

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