NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

Next Tuesday, I'll be presenting in an NTEN webinar, The Future of the Map. It would be impossible to leave a 90-minute webinar an expert in all of these tools, but our goal is to help nonprofits understand how mapping tools can support their missions, and hopefully offer some "Aha! Photo: Bruno Girin , CC license.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. Los Angeles, California: LGBTQ and Tech! Baltimore, Maryland: Google AdWords and Free Tech Help.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

501 Tech Club Austin in Austin, Texas. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plugin / WordPress Work and Support Lab.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Make sure you understand how this change will ultimately support the organization’s mission. . Embarking on a new tech project is like building a house. Finally, you will have recurring maintenance costs related to this project in the form of annual subscription fees, support fees, add-on items, and continuous staff training.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Tech Entrepreneurs Mastermind.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

It seems to me that they could learn from the other successful projects out there – the really successful projects are supported by a wide variety of methods, whether it be a support model, a nonprofit foundation model, a hosted model, and others. Mitchell 10.25.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2007

At least in Massachusetts, the majority of nonprofits work with network support people who don’t focus totally on nonprofit organizations (there are some wonderful exceptions, however, of companies that focus on the sector.) No technology vendor, even the largest ones, can support everything.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The images here are a great example of a nonprofit using their TechSoup Flickr donation to help support their mission. This, in turn, lets supporters and donors follow the dogs' (and the organization's) progress. NTEN's recent blog post on visual storytelling is a great reminder of just how powerful images can be.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

Some elements of pricing to consider: Is the system a "one time" software package price or initial license fee or will there be yearly licensing fees? Easy Support for Capturing Unique Client Records: Does the system automatically generate unique client identifiers complete with key demographic, baseline and outcome data?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

And so the whole not-having-to-worry-about-licenses envy came up (in my head – no way I’d actually suggest this – I knew it was fantasy). Although they weren’t doing it when I made the purchase, Dell is now including licensed DVD playback software. Hardly going to buy much paid support! 7 admin 06.25.08

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I have the very best job at TechSoup — I get to support our network of nonprofit technology event organizers. At each event, we're helping to build and sustain a self-supporting community of practice for tech-minded nonprofit staffers. Please join NTEN (and me!) Casey Foundation Data Dive. Seattle, Washington.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Rory Gale has a nice post called " Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause " BrandtobeDetermined posts about a UK outfit store that ripped off someone's flickr photos and the community response. The Non-Profit Tech Blog interviews Scott Crowder, Kintera CTO. (If without leaving the virtual world!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Allen Benamer of the Nonprofit Tech Blog says " Support Idealware !" Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2011

and pioneering our notion of matching high level tech-savvy volunteers. available to the organizations that are working so hard to support our. We amped up a little with support from Lotus, but. Remember, back then Microsoft Office Suite came in a box with licenses, and each package contained a. with nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. As mentioned below, the most solidly supported functions are those related to mail.&# Some take internal staff resources (especially the Manual strategy.) Others take developer resources (especially the Integration strategy.) 8 Judi Sohn 01.22.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. The licenses are as follows: Personal License: If you have purchased a copy/subscription to the Journal with a personal license, this means that it is for your personal use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 20, 2007

Original photo remixed from flickr photo by Stinky Peter Screencast in conjunction with NTEN View the screencast as higher quality flash file -takes longer to download here. My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." It supports a range of.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

I kept this in the back of my head while dealing with tech issues from day-to-day and resolving the problems as they occurred. At this point, the servers were aging and needed to be replaced, and we needed new software and user licenses (MS Exchange Server), as well. In 2009, we finalized a technology plan.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Ironically, these cloud services are typically offered at costs that are more economical than traditional licensed software and internal support expenses combined. Everything you’re hearing tells you that SaaS is better than the old licensing model. Amy Sample Ward, CEO, NTEN. You Only Pay For What You Need.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2011

Most nonprofits only ever need the ArcView license, available heavily discounted from TechSoup. Contrary to most nonprofit tech stories, this one does not end with you hiring an expert consultant at some exorbitant hourly rate. He leads the Council’s GIS mapping team, research, evaluation and tech work.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. PT started using Salesforce.com in 2008, taking advantage of its free licenses for nonprofits. Tags: Community CRM International Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Efrat Ben-Dor Erez, NPTech Israel.

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