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Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday. That speaks volumes to me.

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Please Join VisionLink In Welcoming Aaron Titus To Our Proud Family!

VisionLink

As the project manager for Crisis Cleanup , an open source collaborative work order management platform, Aaron has helped connect more than 230 organizations and 40,000 volunteers to more than 11,000 families needing assistance after 15 disasters in four countries, producing an astonishing $26 million in value for disaster survivors.

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Open Source Cinema

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

His newest project is Open Source Cinema. Here's his description: Open Source Cinema is the web platform for the creation of a feature documentary film about Copyright titled Basement Tapes. This film is open source - and thats why I created. Brett Gaylor is a amazing!

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Majora Carter’s Eco-Entrepreneurship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Her success fighting against a plan to build a waste transfer station in Hunts Point and then spearheading the South Bronx’s first open-waterfront park in more than 60 years was a turning point. open source design or DIY manufacturing) to create customized products in small batches and the global reach of the Internet to sell them.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

The platform provides training and open-source tools and resources for climate activists, links activists to local groups and campaigns, provides a platform for rapidly evolving content, and also supports a Coal Tracker as the group seeks to end the reign of dirty coal in Africa. Just Recovery Gathering , April 9-11: Join 350.org

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Internet Strategy in a World of Ubiquitous Tools: Sometimes You Just Gotta Launch and Learn

Forum One

has been countered by " agile development ," wherein the team works on incremental pieces of a project with a general roadmap but no "done" point. In the world today, one can get good open-source options for each flavor, meaning, point 2, you have a low initial investment. The tools are now there.

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How do you keep up?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. They don’t have the money, time, or culture for that kind of thing. In some ways, I have been blessed with the gift of osmosis. Be Helpful.