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Thoughts on the Blackbaud – Convio deal

Robert Weiner

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. I have no inside knowledge about what the merged company will look like. It could also open the door to an open source project. Here my perspective.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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. Write and run web crawlers and scrapers for data collection. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats.

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Four Resources Nonprofits Should Check Out

Care2

Sometimes I feel like there''s an encyclopedia of online advocacy, fundraising, and social media stuck in my head. While I have close to two decades of experience in the nonprofit field and love to share my experiences and data, I’m lucky to be surrounded by such smart nptech folks who share their knowledge with me.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Chicago, Illinois: Knowledge Mapping for Greater Social Good. Seattle, Washington: Board Advocacy: Are You Ready to Stand for Your Mission? Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Monday, May 8, 2017. Kitchener, Ontario: Offsite Hosting.

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Your Complete Guide to Membership Database Software

Neon CRM

Unlike a new recruit, you already have some history and knowledge of the lapsed members that can help you bring them back to the organization. Reporting and analytics: You should be able to review information about membership trends, event attendance, email campaigns, and other actions using your platform’s detailed reporting and analytics.

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How do we do make change if we keep doing things the same way?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. How can we talk about technology in social change, while, at the same time, publishing in a format that limits the availability of this knowledge to people privileged enough to pay for it? But then I looked deeper.

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2015 Jim Lynch Award Winner — Kyle Wiens of iFixit

Tech Soup

iFixit is an online repair community and parts retailer internationally renowned for its open-source repair manuals and product "teardowns." His writings have appeared in The Atlantic , Harvard Business Review , Wired , Popular Mechanics , and The Wall Street Journal. The Story of iFixit.

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