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).

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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).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

We have helped over 11,000 people become Certified Nonprofit Professionals and more than 15,000 other leaders in the sector to advance specific skills with virtual training resources. Too many professionals express interest in learning new skills, but never take action to really find and embrace new training opportunities. .

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Drupal is a powerful open-source CMS noted for its customizability and security features. Staff training to assist with content migration and entry. Plus, they both have a strong user support community.

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MAY 25, 2023

Yes, we must steward our investments responsibly and ethically, but what is responsible and ethical about potentially wasting massive amounts of resources, using outdated problem-solving skills, and getting minimal impact for our efforts? The information is often shared and received by another funder as an appreciated heads-up.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Allied Airlift is made up of veterans and volunteers who scoured open source intelligence reports to provide Afghan allies with critical information necessary to find a place aboard one of the limited U.S. True to their military training, the veterans quickly mobilized to help from afar. Salesforce Volunteers Mobilize.

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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. Are they resourced and protected during cases of harassment? Look into digital security, privacy, and safety training and education from a nonprofit/movement perspective for all staff—at all levels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Susie Halksworth photo in flickr Susie Halksworth is the Resources Director at AFL (formerly the Cambridge Independent Advice Centre ), a not-for-profit organisation based in Cambridge, focused on advice and ICT projects. It sounds like you're an "accidental techie" - in that you didn't get training to do tech stuff.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. Finally, the system needs to be backed by strong implementation practices, training, and ongoing product development and user support. Here my perspective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2013

The idea is simple – by open sourcing her materials, she hopes to inspire more colleges to incorporate courses on philanthropy in their curriculum. As a trainer who designs and delivers trainings on topics related to these courses, releasing these materials to all to use and adapt is a gift. 3) Giving 2.0: Philanthropy'

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

While the exact details of your organization’s security policy may differ based on your line of work and IT resources, there are some things that everyone can do to protect confidential information. ClamAV is a popular open-source option. Be aware of social engineering risks and train staff on how to avoid them.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. All of us at Benetech felt that it was absolutely essential to once again rely on our user community as we plan how to utilize these limited resources most effectively.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 9, 2007

Excellent resource. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 at 11:01 am Congratulations! You deserve to be proud of this work! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

I want to call out this sentence: "TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet." Image: Arab Resource and Organizing Center.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Excellent data tools will continue to get cheaper and easier to use… This trend has been going strong for a while now, particularly as more and more of the data landscape has shifted to using open source tools. Don’t let this happen!

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See3

MAY 4, 2009

We unveiled our partnership with Kaltura, the first open-source video platform, to provide exceptional video solutions to nonprofits. Stacy Laiderman, See3 Producer, led two hands-on video trainings as part of the WeAreMedia workshops on the first day of the training. You Made a Video, Now What? Blogging for Nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

It leveled the playing field, so that an organization without many resources could do what at that time, required a lot of resources. I could easily argue that for the overwhelming majority of places you need an operating system, the free and open source alternatives are better (if you count the BSD core of the Mac OS.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

Helping staff articulate their stories and developing them might require storytelling training. To encourage library patrons to continue making content, Escondido Public Library trains library patrons using mostly free and open source software. Why Tell Stories with Video?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

I hope to start doing OpenOffice.org training soon. Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. More adoption means more developers involved, more users helping, more resources available.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

Various Learning Types: LXPs can deliver a variety of learning experiences, including instructor-led training, blended learning, learning games, microlearning courses, multi-module courses, social learning, and more. On one hand, LMSs are: Focused on administering training and assessments. Driven by the organization itself.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

Three Affordable Solutions: Using Open Data and Open-Source Data Science to Reach Your Goals — Friday, March 25 — 10:30 a.m. Are you curious about how to use open-source tools and free open datasets to better deliver on your mission? Connect with Tech Training (and Techies!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 17, 2008

It’s actually a pretty interesting resource, and worth a read. They have released two studies, one on the “wired wealthy&# and another which is a “nonprofit benchmark index&# study – basically providing some benchmarks for organizations to measure themselves against, traffic, email newsletter click through rates, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. It doesn’t really change anything. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

On the other hand, perhaps it means that these new, larger entities can provide services and resources that the smaller ones could not. And, it’s still clear that CRM/Fundraising software is where the money and resources are going in nonprofit software development. It doesn’t really change anything. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

I do a ton of technical writing, and I have become the “documentation facilitator&# of the OpenMRS project – it is an open source medical records system, designed to serve clinics in low-resource areas (such as sub-sarahan Africa) that treat patients with HIV/AIDS. I’d like to do more of all of it. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns. Socialbrite.org is launching with a rich set of resources: A directory of Web 2.0 Follow us on Twitter: @socialbrite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

I think one of the biggest mistakes that an organization can make with its website is to promise more than it can deliver – make sure that the resources to create that blog, or podcast, or photo gallery, or whatever bells and whistles that you promise on your website, are there when the website goes live. Be Helpful.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

NTEN is, to my mind, a critically important organization in the ecosystem that is the Nonprofit Technology field, as the convener of the gathering that anchors the community, as well as a unique and necessary multi-dimensional resource at the regional and national levels for all sorts of constituents in the nptech world. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

We were talking about whether or not this certain nonprofit, who had mondo resources, should help facilitate web development for their client organizations. at 5:14 pm That’s a pretty sad story, Michelle, and interesting that it was coming from a nonprofit that based on resources shouldn’t have been thinking that way.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

And, as Dustin pointed out in the comments to my venting post earlier, a lot of this is not the fault of open source desktop software developers. And, of course, there has been a lot of resources and money poured into server software for Linux, but not as much for tools for the desktop. This is my dilemma. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. Our team also made a dramatic investment in teacher training efforts, by not only providing several webinars each month, but also delivering our hands-on professional development workshops nationwide. Have an Android device? What if you’re a U.S. Or all three?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

I actually thought this could be quite useful for organizations to figure out how to allocate sparse resources in the Web 2.0 An interesting conversation ensued on the list – with some arguing that this was a problematic thing. But that’s not the point of this post. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2007

I think part of the answer has to be to provide the resources for people to become better providers – whether it be to help budding accidental techies get off the ground to become great IT staff or independent consultants, or helping individual and small consulting firms learn what makes really good nonprofit support. Be Helpful.

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