Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. An online database of third-party social media apps and software, there are thousands of free tools listed in categories ranging from photos and videos to music and games. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

In the software sense of the phrase, it is the actual piece of software (most often Apache , but sometimes something different.) That software runs in the background, and and listens to requests, then serves up the data. That data is in some form of HTML, CSS and Javascript, because that is what browsers understand.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

According to Beal (2016), an “Application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. An API specifies how software components should interact.” a))” [Wikipedia] GyrusAim has developed a feature for supporting compliance with Title 21 CFR Part 11.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

New Tool Mines Wikipedia Trustworthiness - washingtonpost.com: "New Tool Mines Wikipedia Trustworthiness By BRIAN BERGSTEIN The Associated Press Wednesday, September 5, 2007; 10:13 AM BOSTON -- Because anyone can edit Wikipedia, the Web encyclopedia's reliability varies wildly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 21, 2011

There’s a great Wikipedia article to do the work for me. First, Apple came out with the iPhone, and both Amazon and Barnes and Noble released software that allowed you to read the books you’d bought on that device. What I want to talk a bit about is what’s next.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Enter the Challenge by creating a story, and be in the running to win fabulous prizes including: a flip video camera, adobe software, mp3 players and more! According to Wikipedia, "Digital Storytelling refers to using digital tools so that ordinary people can tell their own real-life stories."

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). Make Integration-Focused Software a Priority. Other less custom platforms have a hard time integrating with third-party software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

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! Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

My 14-year-old son Jimmy had installed some new software, against my express wishes to not install random software from the Internet (still a good idea!). Jimmy explained it wasn’t software from the Internet; he had gotten it from his friend Chris who lived two doors down from us. I had never heard of it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2010

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. Pacific time will review the basics of wikis, including software options, best practices, advantages, as well as drawbacks. This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2009

To hear that Wikipedia has taken over the market is a little scary to me. Wikipedia is an open-source knowledge repository, which is fine, but one issue with open-source technologies continues to be quality control. Tags: E-Learning E-Learning Reference Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Wellington, New Zealand: Is CRM software right for yr.org? The power of wikipedia to drive traffic to your nonprofit was the subject of Kate Bladow ’s recent event report from Baltimore. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Abidjan NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Wednesday, August 21. Morrisville, NC: Get your NPTech Resources!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

Anti-aliasing is how software smooths the edges of letters. More information on colors is available in many places online, but Wikipedia explains it very well. nonprofit Adobe photoshop Multimedia and Graphics software marketing' Click and drag the text to line it up with the innermost guide. Progress So Far. See you there!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I said in that post: At one level, whether or not the software underneath the SaaS is open source is not relevant. You are not obtaining the software, and whether or not you can see the code, or modify it, is really not the key issue here. And, at the level of most nonprofits choosing software, this is, in fact, correct.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. Web accessibility” means creating websites that can be fully used by people with disabilities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. Wikipedia is the most obvious answer, but is it really ready to be a primary resource in children's education? Photo: Bright Tal.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. some useful software tools like Microsoft Lync Server. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

That I even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the ???gift There is another post called " The Future of Open Business " riffing off the recent Times Magazine article which defined the Gift Economy : People who are creating OpenSource Software on a volunteer basis. gift economy,??? People who???s

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

And as an added bonus: 501(c)3 Private foundations are also now eligible for the Microsoft Software Donation Program , as of July 28. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. At TechSoup, we're happy to help support them and their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

What interests me most is the whole concept of circles and this design is based on something called “ intimacy grades.&# It isn’t new – a lot comes from the early discussions of social software and networks and some early adopters say the energy is similar to birth of blogosphere and early social networking back in 2003.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. Read more about Free Graphics Software and Images. We are in pretty good company. This year there will be over one billion Creative Commons–licensed works across nine million websites. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Baltimore, MD: June Tech & Social Change Baltimore Meetup: Wikipedia. Hear first-hand how a nonprofit is using SAP software to reach reporting excellence. Wednesday, June 5. Portland, OR: Getting People to Click DONATE on Your Nonprofit Website. Thursday, June 6. Friday, June 7. Invite your friends and family!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2012

Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. Once you're qualified, you can start to request the donated software, hardware, and services that your organization is eligible to receive! Public Grantmaking Foundations.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Provide Context Users need a grounding point to understand your data. They need something to put into a perspective that they relate to intuitively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I found the Wikipedia entry for Ken Burns. That's why I so happy to discover that my colleague, Daniela Faris, at Icommons has written a blog post profiling ten fascinating wiki communities hosted by Mediawiki software. Maybe I missed it or perhaps there is a good reason why. That's a start. As she notes, "There???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2005

The terms applies to community-driven marketing and pr campaigns to gather support for open source software. Some examples: Mambo Love Opera KD Creative Commons Spread FireFox Wikipedia Promotion SpreadOpen Office. Some articles analyzing campaigns or reflections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) Some of the maps in the workshop were created with social analysis mapping software. Why map your network with a software tool? What information can a social network analysis software tool provide that simple low tech method cannot?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

– Wikipedia. The Internet of things (IoT) is the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and connectivity which enables these objects to connect and exchange data. – Wikipedia. Cloud Computing – #cloudforgood.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Provide Context. Users need a grounding point to understand your data. They need something to put into a perspective that they relate to intuitively.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Provide Context. Users need a grounding point to understand your data. They need something to put into a perspective that they relate to intuitively.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Most real-time search companies believe that's not enough to power a full index and rely on other sources of additional links to look at, often from the click-streams of users who have downloaded their software and opted-in to exposing their online behavior anonymously. Patrick Swayze is being talked about a lot all the sudden on Twitter?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 23, 2006

The latest ideas on collaborative software tools, AJAX web applications, and that mainstay of bread-and-butter business apps, the spreadsheet, are coming together in wikiCalc , a new application being developed by my old dormmate and VisiCalc originator, Dan Bricklin. The history, as Wikipedia explains it, goes like this.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Lack of resources, expertise, leadership buy-in, choosing the right software tools (or the right strategic partners) all while trying to stay current on the latest marketing trends is overwhelming. The phrase is so popular that it even has it’s own Wikipedia page. Does your nonprofit have a digital marketing plan ?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

Let's start with one from February's Software Development : Licence Overload , opinion by Warren Keuffel. This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. Software that is released without copyright or license is termed Public Domain software.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

When the letter flashes that the user wants to type, the software registers the jump in brain activity and types the corresponding letter. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. ” demonstrated the Emotiv EPOC headset that picks up EEG brainwave signals and translates them into computer commands.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

He has frequently devoted a blog to an email he's sent or a report he has drafted , reminding us that IT's communication with the community of users is as essential a part of any implementation as a new server or a software service pack. He called us in to meet with staff and discuss enhancements they wanted in the software.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."

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