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NTEN Project Name Change: We Need Your Feedback

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you've been reading this blog, you know that last week I started to work with NTEN on a social media and nonprofits curriculum development. Yesterday, Holly Ross, NTEN Executive Director, posted this discussion thread on the wik i: We've hit a snag in the road, and we need your help to get past it. NTEN Tech Handbook.

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

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Based on my informal assessment of attitudes and interest in the NTEN community about open source software, I think there's a significant and growing number of folks and organizations who are either interested in, already using, or even evangelizing open source solutions. and licensing models. By Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM Team.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) It’s my understanding that none of the major non-profit SaaS players use open source tools.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

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This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Vancouver, British Columbia: Pints Not Profits: Field Trip to Vancouver Hackspace. Portland, Oregon: NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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How not to treat an open source user community

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s designed as a basecamp clone. In fact, pretty much every open source project that has gone commercial, or had a change in license, caused a fork, pretty much killing the original (like Mambo, or XFree86.) It has some things missing, for sure, but it has been useful to me. However, that won’t happen.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

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This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Boston, Massachusetts: Community Class — Intro to Design Thinking and Prototyping. Melbourne, Australia: Ideas for the Not-for-Profit Intranet. Find your closest NetSquared group.

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Telling Your Story: NetSquared #Storymakers2017 Workshops for Nonprofits

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This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Los Angeles, California: Web Accessibility: Designing Inclusive User Experiences. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Designing Effective Public Engagement for Nonprofits.