Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Preparing for and delivering a webinar isn't something most librarians spend their days doing, so we are especially grateful to our speakers for this gift of sharing what they've learned about open-source software over the last 10 years. You can join in by posting additional questions or your own answers or comments.

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Open Source Open Library Tech 50

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 tools #1 – #100 January 17, 2008 I just though I’d take a brief pause to explain my criteria for these 100 tools that I’ll be covering this year. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

How easily or quickly does it seem that questions get answered? Make sure that the features that it outlines there match your requirements. See if they have good documentation. Check out the forums of email list archives of that project. How busy is it? Look at the “download&# page (or “releases&# ). When was the last release?

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Open Source Software Open Free 100

NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. Free and Open Source Software. Free and Open Source Software is mature, robust and enterprise ready. Speaker: Gregory Heller, CivicActions.

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Open Source Software Open Question 36

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.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Join NTEN in celebrating and spotlighting open source projects for the social good with the next Pizzigati Prize! As we announced earlier this year, NTEN is thrilled to steward for the Pizzigati Prize , an annual award honoring the life and legacy of Tony Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. Apply today!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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Education Collaboration Open Source Module 73

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. Nevertheless, choosing isn’t simply about popularity.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2008

However, Songbird has emerged, like many open source projects do, as a mature, stable, and, in Songbird’s case, a truly awesome application, because of the incredible extensibility of the Mozilla framework (and the talent of the Songbird developer community.).

Open 100

Open Open Source Artist Music 100

Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. “Open source is nothing without a community, and I could not be more excited for the DLRS team and this release. Learn more about the history of DLRS, and Andy’s decision to join the Open Source Commons program.

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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. Have questions about how it all works? Tags: Databases Open Source Software Tech Planning Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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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.

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Open Source Drupal Module Europe 154

NTEN

AUGUST 15, 2014

Here are some questions to get you started. Open Source open source tools Strategy tools IT Staff' Co-Founder, Director of Business Development. GraphAlchemist. With so many shiny tools to choose from, how can your organization choose which is/are best for you?

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Case Study Open Source Tools Organization 90

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What was it, the question mark? The whole point of the post was to crow about how positive the open source results were. To my mind, it bodes well for the open source tools.

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Question Open Source Sample Survey 100

Judi Sohn

MAY 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I joined the Salesforce Foundation in a new role as Open Source Manager. But I think this about sums it up as far as most community folks are concerned, at least for right now: @judis217 Question re: your title. What exactly does that mean? — Russ Feldman (@russforce) April 21, 2015. Completely free.

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Foundation Open Source License Phase 100

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. Review plans and get your questions answered. If you have any questions or concerns, make sure you communicate them to your prospective partners.

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Drupal Tips WordPress Module 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

The question arose as to whether or not it was worth thinking about shifting some of that communications traffic from email lists to the web in some form. I think that’s a big question – it matters a lot what the demographics of the organization are, what the goals of the email lists are, and the direction things are going.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 20, 2009

It has to do with the fact that many, many nonprofit websites and web applications are built using MySQL, the most popular open source database management system. Of course, since MySQL is open source, there is no danger of MySQL going away, someone can always fork it.

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Oracle Open Source Database Alternative 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

I convinced myself that I'm opening myself up to something horrible. Then, went back to the privacy settings and changed back to open. So, the next logical step was to put a question out on LinkedIn answers as follows: Do you allow your connections to view your connection list? There, that felt better. t show the.

Open Source 50

Open Source Contact Open Network 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Her blog, Susie's Blog - Winning hearts and minds over to FOSS (Free Open Source Software) is an excellent example of how professionals in the nonprofit technology field use blogging for professional development. m sorry, this is the question I???m m open to any suggestions about what I should be reading!

Open Source 50

Open Source Open Software Advice 50

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. Mostly I have lots of questions and concerns that the firms won’t be able to address until the merger is completed — if then. My main questions are about product strategies.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

There is little question that Obama was Presidential Candidate 2.0. But there is no question that there is a technical aspect to what made this possible. depends largely on two things: open standards, and open source software. which is as technically transparent and open as it hopefully will be in actuality.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open Flickr Software 100

Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These are not easy questions to answer. This is partly done by strengthening the development of open-source technologies, encouraging best practices, and supporting the development and adoption of open data standards to enable better interoperability.

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International Action Tech Collaboration 78

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

Answering these questions can guide efforts to correct and adjust the data. Hugging Face, the largest open-source AI repository, provides guidance on reading and creating model cards. Guidelines for building AI tools for good Building ethical AI requires an interrogation of the data you plan to use for training and evaluation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. Two (yes, just two) questions out of many relate to security. I’m sure that Four Kitchens, and most open source software developers agree with that perspective.

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Drupal Comment Report Open Source 150

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 4, 2011

There are a myriad of options, open source options are among the most popular, possibly the most popular. On the proprietary side, there are a number of options, and they fall into three categories: Single-source proprietary custom CMS (from one web shop, or web host).

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

This stage of personalization doesn’t require automation, and you can test and gauge impact by simply monitoring opens and click-through rates. Asking the right questions about personalization. To help you start the process within your organization, here are a few important questions to help you narrow down the right approach.

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Personal Test Demographics Analytics 101

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

CMSForce – This is an “open source&# (in quotes because although you can get the source code, do what you’d like with it, and contribute to the project , because it’s written on a proprietary platform, it’s not really open source.)

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Drupal Open Source Integration Application 150

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

Open Source Zanby Announcement | Zanby.com – I'm so very excited to see this group/community platform go open source! it takes them to this Quora page where they can comment or ask a question about the campaign. We plan to monitor the page regularly so we can answer questions quickly and accurately."

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Web Open Source Bookmarking Voice 129

Byte Technology

JUNE 2, 2016

Too often business owners don’t seek answers to really important questions prior to launching their site: Is it easy to navigate? When it comes to options that can really help you sell on your site, WordPress—as open source software—puts lots of additions at your fingerprints from third party developers.

Platform 100

Platform Design Template Plugin 100

NTEN

MARCH 8, 2010

We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Openness and FOSS (free and open source software) are really perfect fits for nonprofits who share the values of collaboration, community, empowerment, and sharing. Speaker: Jenn Sramek, CivicActions. Session: Are you for real?!

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Virtual Team Question Work 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros , have open-sourced their model. While easy to set up, designing an effective bot for a nonprofit from scratch can be daunting. It’s available for free to other nonprofits through BotsForCharity.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# So, come join me. Be Helpful.

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Open Source RSS NTEN Knowledge Management 120

Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, the platform is open-sourced, meaning anyone and everyone can contribute to it in the form of updates, new themes, and custom plugins that help create more functionality and give the program greater versatility and, in turn, greater popularity.

WordPress 100

WordPress Community Plugin Beginner 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society.

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United States Library Copyright License 134

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

At Benetech, we regularly grapple with questions related to this issue. Our strong cryptography technology, Martus —a free, open source, secure information management tool-makes it easier for groups working with vulnerable populations keep the sensitive information they collect confidential.

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Technology Open Source Data Exercise 192