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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. From my perspective, the key is openness.

Open Source

Open Source Open API Software

How to choose a CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving. Be Helpful.

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Open Source Mashup Open RSS

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Valentine's Day Edition

NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Member News online this week: NTEN member United Nations Foundation is featured in a Forbes article for turning to innovative online strategies -- including YouTube and Twitter -- to raise money in tough economic times. While we're handing out congrats, nice work, EchoDitto , on the new open source Mother Jones website.

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NTEN Mashup Open Source NTC

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. If you're an NTEN member with some news, let me know! One tactic is going online.

Nptech

Nptech NTEN Mashup Listserv

Open Social != Open Data

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

If a social mashup starts making money from ads, how would that be split up between the host site, the app developer, and all the other applications or social networks from which that mashup pulls data? O’Reilly doesn’t really have an answer for that one. Be Helpful.

Open

Open Data Social Mashup

Win Up To $15,000 in Sunlight Labs Mashup Challenge

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

" Duh: the NTEN community! They encourage you to use Sunlight's code libraries , which the Labs recently open sourced. When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?"

Mashup

Mashup API Contest Challenge

More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { This is big. Be Helpful.

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News Google Open Open Source

Remember My Name! Mpower Rebrands as Orange Leap

NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

May we suggest that if you ever host a party, you should offer an "Orange Leap Mashup" That sounds like it would be delicious. Tags: NPTech orange leap mpower NTEN fame. Never again will Holly have to say, "No, 'M' as in 'Mother' Power, not 'N' as in 'Nancy' Power" That's probably for the best.

Mashup

Mashup Delicious Open Source Press

Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. First off, a tip o’ the hat to NTEN for organizing this, the participants of the panel for an interesting conversation, and Mark Bolgiano from the Council on Foundations for awesome moderation.

Web

Web API Open Source NTEN

Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday. services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. Be Helpful.

Web

Web API Open Source RSS

NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Summary Nptech Tag Tools

NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. If you're coming to NTEN's NTC Conference next month, you can experience this technology first-hand. NpTech Conversations. You can find all the presentations from that conference here.

Nptech

Nptech Slides Summary Tag

Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program.

Tools

Tools Map Disaster Oregon

Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program.

Tools

Tools Map Disaster Oregon

Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. The measure of impact is to determine whether the comments and feedback strengthened or improved the final proposal.

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Measure Fund Impact Minnesota

Nonprofit Technology

SaaS vs. Open Source

How to choose a CRM

Trending Sources

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Valentine's Day Edition

NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

Open Social != Open Data

Win Up To $15,000 in Sunlight Labs Mashup Challenge

More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Remember My Name! Mpower Rebrands as Orange Leap

Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

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