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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. Schipul, a web marketing agency based in Houston, Texas, announced yesterday during the 2012 South by Southwest Interactive festival that Tendenci, a content management system (CMS) will be released as an open source solution.

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Building Community with Open Source

NTEN

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. With open source (specifically, in this case, Drupal ), all of the functionality is available already (except for the jet-packs and sinks -- those are still in beta).

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services. Be Helpful.

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services. Be Helpful.

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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Lorcan OHerlihy Architects For turning an unbuildable site into a home for the formerly homeless In 2024, Los Angeles-based Lorcan OHerlihy Architects (LOHA) created a new building on a parcel of land that had long been considered unbuildable. massive 110-105 Freeway intersection.

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The language we use

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Are there actually really any fewer homeless people? But I think the jury is still out, at least from my perspective, on whether or not this sea change in communication has actually resulted in very much on-the-ground social change. Did MoveOn actually manage to help elect someone more progressive? Is the environment any cleaner? Be Helpful.

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Addressing Hunger Together: Submit Your Ideas for the Next Impact Labs

Saleforce Nonprofit

To date, Salesforce.org Impact Labs has rallied our community around housing and homelessness, equity in education, and climate justice to find ways technology can help amplify and expedite the vital work of those trying to eradicate these global problems. The obstacles we face do not exist in silos, and neither do the answers.

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