Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

– "Despite the enormous popularity of peer-to-peer social networking, the adoption cycle for branded online communities has been relatively slow. "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open architecture exists in the construction industry. " What do you think?

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As Drupal 7 and 9 prepare for their end-of-life in November 2023, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 10 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. million members.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As Drupal 7 and 9 prepare for their end-of-life in November 2023, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 10 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 21 years ago. million members.

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Forum One

JULY 20, 2021

As Drupal 8 prepares for its end-of-life this November 2021, with Drupal 7 following along in November 2022, migrating your organization’s existing Drupal website to Drupal 9 is definitely something to start digging into in more detail now. Drupal is an open-source content management framework that was initially released 20 years ago.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Hashtags and their usefulness are definitely open to interpretation. Event] Example Tweet: UNICEF is using RapidSMS in 23 countries, many more users who download the open source software. They are much more likely to adopt your hashtag if they have a clear understanding of what it stands for.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. Based in the U.K., Viddy :: viddy.com.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

based National Center for Charitable Statistics and adopted by the IRS back in the pre-Web 1980s. The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Definitely not what I wanted to find. As a free and open-source CMS with a vibrant user community, WordPress appeal is understandable for cash-strapped orgs who might still have a nascent online fundraising strategy. LESSON 2: WordPress manages 42% of nonprofit sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 10, 2008

The paper gives this definition: "Wikis and other social media are engendering new, networked ways of behaving - ways of working wikily - that are characterized by principles of openness, transparency, decentralized decision-making, and distributed action. The paper provides concepts and specific examples. Networks of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2007

We will lead a discussion about and present on nonprofits using social media and also beta the social media nonprofit adoption game during the workshop. as well as Nancy White (John and Etienne) for that definition of technology stewards. Well, gotta get another latte.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. Based in the U.K., Viddy :: viddy.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. is new tool definitely worth exploring. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2007

I came upon these three for different reasons, and although I’m not interested in adopting their primary points of view, there were tidbits that were worth the read (or a skim, in one case) in the end. Definitely an interesting conversation to have. I’ll have to look for it. 2 Alan Weiss 10.23.07 Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In the spirit of demystification here is a definition and a couple of resources about the social capital market. People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy. Adoption – It will take time and energy to adopt the standards and they will likely be wrong at first Range of use – Learning or Leaving? -No

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

If we adopt, in whole, or in part, the metaphors of the corporate world, whose basic fundamental goal is making a profit, and use it in the nonprofit sector, whose basic fundamental goal is making people’s lives better, does that create a problem or conflict? at 9:48 am Yes, this is all definitely worth a longer conversation.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

The good thing is that since the business world seems to be moving ahead much more quickly on Linux and FOSS adoption, companies that work in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are gaining Linux expertise – expertise that nonprofit organizations can benefit from. But I think more is needed. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2014

I am not what most would refer to as an "early adopter" of technology. You want proprietary or open source software. That said, general consensus here is that having *something* is definitely better than nothing to keep your account information safe(r). What you want to pay. Password managers: helpful features.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. is new tool definitely worth exploring. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 10, 2008

We are still in innovator phase here, not even early adopters have signed on. For the longest time I shunned Twitter without ever really giving it a chance, as it sounded dumb just by definition. There is no question that you will get out of twitter what you give. And, wow, yeah, you can be highly successful in twitter. Be Helpful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. is new tool definitely worth exploring. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

IT Adoption among Nonprofits" by Paul-Brian McInerney (who is an editor for the forthcoming NTEN and Gilbert Center "Journal for ICT in Social Change Organizations). I met him in 2002 in Orlando at the NTC Conference when he was just beginning to do that research and had a great conversation with him a bar in downtown Orlando.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. is new tool definitely worth exploring. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. is new tool definitely worth exploring. 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. Retwact :: rtrt.co.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

It’s fairly easy to extrapolate that even with the poorest of clients, we’re seeing web adoption especially as traditional sources of information for job and apartment listings leave print media. You cannot use the digital divide as a fig leaf over open site statistics anymore. That dog won’t hunt.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. is new tool definitely worth exploring. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

These uncertainties may be why many nonprofits still hesitate to adopt podcasting as a part of their new media strategy. No reason to be afraid: the important part of this definition is that the audio content is syndicated. What makes it powerful is that the podcast can be part of a broader web presence for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

The corporate sector have adopted it. We have definitions of legit nonprofit. Valued open-source software that is cheap, flexible, easy and multi-featured. You need to get past the information overload and information clutter. Nonprofits lag behind the corporate sector. We view this as a utility - it's a dial tone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

If you're short on time, read the abtracts and dive deeper into Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Amy Sample Ward has an interesting take on adoption issues as related to micro-media tools.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

Since then, we've tried to really open source our practices and our processes and the things that make it work openly on a website and a wiki. That for me is a truer definition of sustainability than just being an environmentalist. It definitely has been a little bit of a challenge to work on because it's not billable work.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

User Adoption and Change Management. See my comments above about delays in requirement definition leading to delays in development, which puts a time-crunch on testing. So, here are a few other articles on the topic that I found interesting: An Open Source perspective. What to do when a project goes wrong.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Barclays Bank analyst Ben Reitzes forecasts a 6 percent year-over-year decline in the sales of PCs due to increasing adoption of tablet computers and smartphones. IoT is definitely not a new thing. An example of this is the superb open-source freeware database developed by Benetech. for some time now. called Martus.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

22 Nationwide, Uber adopted a complex new “full fare” algorithm in 2021 that many drivers claim makes it increasingly difficult to track rider fares or understand what they will earn on a given ride.

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