Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Gather with folks and spend an exciting day peer-sharing about free and open source software in nonprofit organizations. Another jam packed year full of great panels and expertise sharing. Tags: Uncategorized nten 09ntc nptech. It’s happening the day before NTC this year, not the day after. April 26-28: NTC.

NTC 100

NTC NTEN Open Source Nptech 100

Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2010

The idea is to take advantage of a PDF’s ability to retain a consistent appearance across different computer systems: to simplify the job of the newsletter editor, who must put together a lot of different reports submitted by the various committee chairs; to enable readers to share the newsletter easily, regardless of.( read more ).

Newsletter 73

Newsletter PDF Open Source Create 73

NTEN

DECEMBER 26, 2013

They''re always willing to help each other out and share their knowledge. With that in mind, we wanted to share the top ten examples of our community sharing what they know with each other from the past year. Are you using Google+ Open source vs proprietary CMS Just what is a data scientist anyway?

Community 73

Community Discussion Nptech Open Source 73

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 1, 2009

As you know, I have built a long-time expertise in open source software and web applications, particularly Content Management Systems (CMS) and online database systems, including CRM. Tags: CMS CRM Consulting Database technology Nonprofit Tech civcrm drupal nptech salesforce. And you can follow us on twitter.

Drupal 100

Drupal Change Database Open Source 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

Alf Gracombe (a relatively new in the nptech blogosphere and whose blog looks promising) suggests that the debate reflects the shifting paradigm away from the more traditional content taxonomies to the emerging folksonomies on today??? " In the comments of Gavin's post , Marnie describes how an emergent NpTech taxnomy might be developed.

Nptech 50

Nptech Guidelines Tag Folksonomy 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

NpTech Conversations. For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. NpTech Slide Decks SlideShare is like YouTube for powerpoint presentations. It also offers groups where members can share slide decks. There's even an NpTech group that has to date 115 slideshows and 31 members.

Nptech 50

Nptech Slides Summary Tag 50

NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

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).

Open Source 36

Open Source Open Community Drupal 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. Fight Hunger shares the results and learnings from its Second Life fundraising event "Walk the World." She shares four Recommendation Paradigms to Watch.

Nptech 50

Nptech PDF Conference Tag 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Marnie Webb introduced me to the NpTech Tag and a whole nonprofit tech community embraced it. My first screencast was about tagging and featured the social bookmarking service, delicious. I hope he shares it. My early days in social media were spent immersed in tagging and social bookmarking.

Bookmarking 123

Bookmarking Delicious Yahoo Screencast 123

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Unfortunately, the nptech world hasn’t yet caught on to the “Planet&# phenomenon of the open source world (see Planet Ubuntu Women.) These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ).

Web 100

Web Stumbleupon Bookmarking Ubuntu 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Lucy Bernholz who has been thinking deeply about the topic, shares her thoughts. In the comments, blog readers share their experiences. Do you have a NpTech photo to caption and share?

Nptech 50

Nptech Tag Summary Conversation 50

NTEN

MARCH 10, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors.

Open Source 36

Open Source Software Question Open 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Technology in Arts Conference The 2007 Technology in the Arts Conference is over but the conversations and resource sharing still continue on the conference wiki.

Convio 50

Convio Nptech Tag Summary 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) It’s a very straightforward integration.

Drupal 100

Drupal Open Source API Integration 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Holden not only shared his recommendations, but gave us a detailed description of his evaluation process. CompuMentor's founder shares his top ten projects. The NTEN's NTC and NPTech Pipe. I'm probably the only insane person who is using all these plus others sources. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

Nptech 50

Nptech NTC Netsquared Summary 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

He also shares the key points of his presentation here. NpTech Software and Web Apps Here's two new networked content creation platforms, although focusing on different disciplines. Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web.

Nptech 50

Nptech Summary Burma Channel 50

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages.

Technology 93

Technology Nonprofit Nptech NTEN 93

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) This means that since the code sits in the same exact place, and the databases could even be shared (or not, it’s your choice) in effect, CiviCRM is becoming part of your CMS. It’s a very straightforward integration.

Drupal 100

Drupal API Integration Web 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Technorati Tags: fundraising , nptech , web2.0 { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 12.23.06 SO much work on fundraising widgets, but so few vendors in the case management space and even fewer providing an open API. at 9:15 pm You’ve hit the nail on the head! I can’t agree with you more. Be Helpful.

Nonprofit 100

Nonprofit Open Source RSS Kintera 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

A Few NpTech Conversations. She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job.

Social Network 50

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary 50

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In previous surveys, the Pew Internet Project had asked internet users whether they "used Twitter or another service to share updates about yourself or to see updates about others?"" Get the Tagline Database and Report!" Would love to hear your reactions.

Web 117

Web Drupal Open Source Bookmarking 117

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

NpTech Community. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. " Findhabeas. Freecharity.org.uk

Netsquared 50

Netsquared Nptech Summary Project 50

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Educate them about the clients needs, and, to some extent, hear about, and share best practices in doing this kind of work. I appreciate shops that I know are giving back to the community, and that are known quantities in the nptech realm. And, I get to be agnostic. I’m turned off instantly by sales-speak. I hate to be pushed.

Open Source 100

Open Source Education RSS Consultant 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Carnet Williams, of nptech fame, did a demo of Sprout at Demo. You can share these Blists. Sproutbuilder is this amazing drag-and-drop widget maker you’ve just gotta try ( invite here – just start, and it will prompt you to create an account when you want to save your sprout.) Another really amazing tool is Blist.

Tools 100

Tools Widget Open Source RSS 100

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

The site, which serves as a learning and sharing center for nonprofits and social change organizations, debuted today at [link]. Lasica, a social media pioneer who co-founded Ourmedia.org, the first video hosting and sharing site. Socialbrite.org is built in WordPress, the popular open source blogging platform.

Social 100

Social Change Tools Social Media 100

NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Thanks to all those who documented and shared! Members are in bold. Scariest part?

NTEN 54

NTEN North Carolina Philadelphia New York City 54

Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

Restless Knowledge Sharing. One thing I’ve noticed about the NTEN award winners is their restless knowledge sharing in an array of subjects all over the place – not just in their own organizations. He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages.

Technology 64

Technology Nonprofit Nptech NTEN 64

NTEN

MARCH 8, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Tags: 10NTC Infrastructure Jenn Sramek NPTech IT Staff.

Virtual 52

Virtual Team Question Work 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

I know that’s one more thing in a long list of considerations (and it’s generally more important to think about for the CRM – the CMS, if it is modern, and especially if it is open source, will provide few barriers to integration.) at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09 7 Jon Stahl 01.20.09

Integration 100

Integration Drupal API Open Source 100

NTEN

MARCH 25, 2010

Note: As we prepare for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference , we wanted share a wee bit of the wisdom our speakers will be serving up, so as not to overwhelm you when you get to Atlanta. We're asking them all to share their answers to five very important questions. Where can people follow you online (twitter, blog, etc.)? .

Project 57

Project Management Web Question 57

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This role is more about providing London's non-profit sector with a for ICT issues and getting policy-makers and funders to recognise that investing in the ICT of non-profit organisations can actually achieve lots of positives - transforming organisations to work smarter and better, better collaboration and information sharing, and so on.

NTC 56

NTC Open Source Remix Profit 56

Care2

JULY 11, 2013

While I have close to two decades of experience in the nonprofit field and love to share my experiences and data, I’m lucky to be surrounded by such smart nptech folks who share their knowledge with me. They share best practices in online campaigning as well as concrete data and analysis from their A/B testing.

Resource 72

Resource Nonprofit India Case Study 72

NTEN

MAY 6, 2009

Women and Open Source. It's a wonderful opportunity for our community to share our collective wisdom with inspiring stories and practical tools that help women grow professionally and personally -- and, of course, change the world. > Tags: NPTech NTEN WWT. Panels run from 11AM EDT to 6PM EDT. Video Activism.

Tech 50

Tech Blogher Slideshare NTEN 50

NTEN

MAY 28, 2010

Flickr: kalabird) (Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Tags: community buzz NPTech nten members. NTEN is People!

NTEN 44

NTEN DC New York City Nptech 44

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As my colleague Jim Lynch noted in his January NPTech News column, wearable technology is hot this year. In open source news, ZTE announced two smartphones that run Firefox OS 1.3, the Open C and the Open II. Log in and share with us in the comments. Wearables, Smartphones, and Tablets Galore.

Mobile 57

Mobile Trend Phone Nptech 57

NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

This week, our members won blogging awards, discussed the implications integrating technology into Democracy, and shared beautiful videos about their cause. Have more news to share? Know an Open Source developer who is pushing the nonprofit sector forward? Share your links in the comments! Nominate them!

Open Source 57

Open Source Blackbaud Offline Avatar 57

Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Kevin Lo reports from San Francisco’s latest event, Open Source and Open Data in Action. Denver’s Georgina Douglas shares nonprofit website usability tips. Don’t be afraid! August’s NetSquared Events.

Netsquared 55

Netsquared Local Philadelphia Austin 55