Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

This means that the “big three&# nonprofit CRM/Fundraising/Advocacy vendors will all be publicly traded companies, and thus completely beholden to their shareholders to maximize profit. How about some community-owned, community-driven free and open source options? Convio has registered to go public. But, hey, why not?

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. Fast Forward, a tech nonprofit accelerator, highlighted a few such organizations during their Demo Day 2022 event. Using Tech to Reduce Barriers to Education.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. Why Open Source? Open source is not just about software distribution. Open source as a philosophy also promotes accessibility, transparency, inclusivity, open data, and integration with other tools. What the Mobile Revolution Means.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

cyber world becomes, instead of a bunch of walled gardens where data moves in only very limited ways between them, a fully permeable space where data flows freely, it will be possible for nonprofits to have much greater reach and impact, whether it be for fundraising, advocacy or constituency-building. { In the long term, if the whole web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. e-Newsletter [see right column]. Government.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). And it's fun!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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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. We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2012

Women Who Tech TeleSummit – May 23rd. The virtual Women Who Tech Telesummit which happens via internet audio and the web provides some of the most web thought-provoking, inspiring, and skills building sessions for nonprofit campaigners and social change makers. Register now!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 8, 2007

I’ve emerged from this week’s frenzy of buzzwords like “blogging,&# “open API,&# “e-advocacy,&# “municipal wireless&# and “social networking&# not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same. .&# This was in the solidly web 1.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Organization 2 is a small pro-choice membership organization that depends upon outside funding, has many stakeholders in many different communities, and provides advocacy and activism nationally. Which is just fine.) Should this ED, and/or this organization have a blog?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

As anyone who has followed my advocacy work over the last ten years will know, I am a fervent supporter of open licensing models as a profound public good. I count among my careers software engineer, business entrepreneur, tech writer and fiction author. 4 Sonia Lyris 04.09.07

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

As reported by the Executive Director of N-TEN, Katrin Verclas earlier this week, The Antonio Pizzigati Prize was awarded to George Hotelling , an open source software developer who built CitizenSpeak. By day I'm a principal at Green Machine PR , a marketing and public relations firm that specializes in high tech and green tech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective. It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re NpTech Conversations. So, you want to build a MashUp? re working with???something

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

CiviCRM is a free, libre, and open-source software constituent relationship management (CRM) solution. It is designed specifically to meet the needs of advocacy, nonprofit, and non-governmental groups. Or do you wish your current database allowed you to track donations, volunteers, emails, and events?

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

See3 lays out 7 dos for any advocacy campaign based on the success of the recent Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) campaign for animal abuse legislation. Upcoming 501 Tech Club Events: Long Island: May 5th, Syosset: Two Speakers: Open Source Software, and HIPPA Requirements. Scariest part? It's a true story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2009

is the executive director of NTEN and expert in everything nonprofit tech. is an online engagement strategist for World Resources Institutes and in her spare time writes a blog about using metrics for nonprofit web advocacy. is an open source software guru who writes the some best posts on that topic. Holly Ross.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7. Whitehouse.gov 2.0:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. Are you eating well?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As NonProfit Times reports , Causes.com, the Facebook-inspired campaign platform for advocacy and fundraising, will soon be no more. 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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. The result is that rich, raw data remains vulnerable to theft and destruction and cannot be easily used to support ongoing advocacy efforts. We've just launched Miradi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Network-Centric Advocacy blogs points to a new feature at Alex's Lemonade Stand called "From the Mail Bag." Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts.

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Care2

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications at the Women Who Tech TeleSummit earlier this week. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Two tools include: Tags: Case Studies Conferences Online Advocacy Social Networking Technology Web 2.0

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Email is a critical channel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

This Challenge encourages innovations with mobile technologies in human rights investigations and advocacy. Shannon Turlingtion blogs about wikis , Open Source, and changing the way we "manage" participation. NetSquared is partnering with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center for a Mobile Innovation Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

" (If you're trying to figure out your fall schedule for tech events, try here for ideas. I know there is a similar cooperative in the Bay Area called Tech Underground. " New Realisties in Online Advocacy " tagged and Jason from Democracy in Action. Wanna check out more tech tools? How was it organized?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Starting at $8 per month, Nonprofit Tech 2.0′s e-Newsletter.

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NTEN

JANUARY 4, 2012

If critical functions like fundraising, advocacy, community building, membership management, marketing, and publicity are being fulfilled by your website, you will want to invest a proportional amount of time and money into keeping it humming along. Just tech savvy people? Tip 1: Assess the importance of your website. Technophobes?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The field of open data is all about their sharing it out to the rest of us. The Open Knowledge Foundation is a great advocacy charity in that field. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies (TechCrunch). The UN Global Pulse initiative. What does big data mean for charities? AdviceForGood.com).

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. Los Angeles, California: LGBTQ & Tech! Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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