Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Headless, Composable, Jamstack, MACH, and API-First are just a few of the terms commonly used to describe the approach of decoupled software architecture. Platforms like Contentful and Contentstack were created with Composable Architecture in mind and brand themselves more as Content-as-a-Service platforms than a full CMS or DXP.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Forum One

JULY 6, 2021

Website personalization relies on data to optimize the content on a website to cater to a particular visitor. Optimizing your content with personalization allows for audiences to interact with the most applicable content for them, thus creating a better, more engaging user experience. Forum One’s website personalization tool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! I’ll mention the other FOSS CMS systems in other posts. I’ll be migrating my main consulting site over to it quite soon. Be Helpful.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? Here are some ways that we’ve helped our clients choose a system that’s right for them. Depends on what?,

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? Here are some ways that we’ve helped our clients choose a system that’s right for them. Depends on what?,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open content business models December 1, 2007 I’m at the Open Translation event, and we’ve just had a great session on open content business models. Be Helpful.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Full details about this opportunity to explore open source software are at [link]. Sessions will include: Introduction to Free and Open Source Software. Introduction to Free and Open Source Desktop Applications. Free And Open Source Online Advocacy: Tools And Best Practices.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. would all be free (libre).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 26, 2013

Here is an excerpt from my written testimony, as originally featured on Benetech''s Blog : Delivering my statement before the House Committee on the Judiciary, August 1, 2013 We build our work on strong foundations laid down by other people and companies, whether it’s the open source ecosystem of the Internet, or proprietary software or content.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 9, 2009

It’s a day dedicated to conversation and community around nonprofits and open source software. There’s some great stuff on the Agenda , like: Introduction to Free and Open Source Software. Fundraising with all free software. Free And Open Source Online Advocacy: Tools And Best Practices.

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Forum One

JANUARY 24, 2023

Headless, Composable, Jamstack, MACH, and API-First are just a few of the terms commonly used to describe the approach of decoupled software architecture. Platforms like Contentful and Contentstack were created with Composable Architecture in mind and brand themselves more as Content-as-a-Service platforms than a full CMS or DXP.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Our system was done from scratch, and we are able at last to accept all kinds of donations.”. WFP visualized their data with Tableau Software, helping them gain a real-time view of partners’ requests, how much was being transported, and when, along with how much had arrived.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

When technology systems like donor and membership management, email marketing, and website content management are selected without cross-department communication, they won't integrate. Keeping content (like event descriptions) consistent across systems. Invest in Open Source. Own the technology.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 23, 2022

By creating targeted content and using effective digital marketing strategies, you can direct people to your microsite which will then lead them to your main website. It also may require the communications and content team to post new information in a completely new CMS (content management system). Sunsetting Microsites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

Noy Shoung also predicts that by 2006 more computer users in Cambodia will be using Open Source software versus Microsoft. NIDA is a partner with Khmer Open Source Project , an Open Source Localization project to customize Khmer-Language versions for software applications and operating system , a Linux SuSE 9.3

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Byte Technology

JUNE 7, 2016

Awe-inspiring to say the least, given the free and open-source content management system (CMS) is just over a decade old. As the top plug-in for WordPress, SEO by Yoast optimizes a site’s content to ensure the absolute best Search Engine Optimization results, as well as provides editing features and much more.

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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. Idealware’s Consumer’s Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems reviewed 30 systems, the majority of which don’t come from Convio or Blackbaud. Here my perspective.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

Always use systems in a professional manner and with good judgment. Understand if you need to get permission from your manager or IT team to install new software on devices. Make sure any software you install will not compromise the security of your data. Use antivirus software and keep it up to date.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. Route 66 is software that provides teachers (and non-teachers!)

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 28, 2016

When it comes to choosing a Content Management System to build and manage your website, the choices available might seem a little daunting, especially to a novice just trying to get their feet wet. An Open Book. Even someone with the most basic computer software knowledge can pick up the fundamentals of WordPress design quickly.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Nonprofits have become intimately familiar with Content Management Systems (CMS). Some, especially those that are very content/document heavy, have become familiar with Document Management Systems (DMS). What they might not be so familiar with are Learning Management Systems (LMS). So what LMS should you look at?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Note from Beth: Your web site is your home base is the heart and soul of your content strategy. The primary function of a Content Management System—making it easy for non-technical staff to update content—helps facilitate constituent interaction by helping your nonprofit better attract and engage visitors to its website.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 2, 2016

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. WooCommerce however will require you to find a host, and that will cost more money down the road.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2012

switched to CiviCRM from other fundraising and CRM software products? CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. CiviCRM is open-source, web-based software that. CiviCRM integrates directly with the popular open-source content management systems – Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress.

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3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

We set out to build a Software as a Service platform for start-up company Booster Pro. The “academic” debate around Drupal typical centers on whether Drupal is a Content Management System (and hence primarily for standard website) or an Application Development Framework (and hence ideal for data-driven, application production).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

At Salesforce, our business is guided by stakeholder capitalism , a system in which corporate purpose is based on a fundamental commitment to all stakeholders — customers, employees, partners, communities, the planet, and society — rather than just shareholders. With a digital-first approach, 350.org’s About the Author.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 1, 2009

As you know, I have built a long-time expertise in open source software and web applications, particularly Content Management Systems (CMS) and online database systems, including CRM.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance guide on the subject explains that you have an option to choose between open-source and paid courses. While open-source can be tempting due to the inexpensive price, they often only offer a limited amount of information before requiring payment or they simply lack high-quality content.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

Three months later I had a prototype platform aggregating actions from RSS feeds, with a search element around that content. API stands for Application Programming Interface, and refers broadly to the way one piece of software or dataset communicates with another.) They were talking about API’s. You can see examples of this at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

My main takeaway was that nonprofits need to think differently about content. There are different media forms that mandate different types of content — and nonprofits must consider this as part of the online content strategy. Treesaver divides content into pages, automatically adjusting to the size of any screen.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Simply put, the software and hardware we use every day and depend on like never before is constantly in a state of flux, with new features and improvements being added on a dizzying schedule.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

Mapping can be done with low tech tools (sticky notes and markers) or you can use simple tools to map your own network on social media platforms or software that helps you illustrate it. As he notes, the analysis can be helpful to him as a journalist and content curator to identify potential sources online.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

At Web Courseworks , we help professional, healthcare, and trade associations grow their learning businesses with effective learning management systems. A learning experience platform (LXP) is an innovative tool that associations and other learning businesses can use to disseminate educational content to members. Let’s dive in.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. 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! So here’s the summary for Chapter 3.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Life would definitely be easier if there was one piece of software that could do everything we needed it to, from donor management to email blasts. The reality is that most nonprofits use a variety of software to meet their many needs. service, support, usability and overall value of the software. We wanted to.

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