Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Countless nonprofits flocked to Ning to create social networks. Since I’m not a social media guru, I’ve generally kept my opinions about this to myself. But now that Ning isn’t free anymore , I’m going to carp some. Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)?

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details. Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development. Don’t use Ning, use Elgg.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID should develop an online social networking community for young adults interested in international development. DHS should partner with commercial companies and government agencies to provide a consolidated portal for citizen reporting zero day vulnerabilities in both proprietary and open source code.

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