Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 4, 2014

Adopting an open source philosophy has proven to be quite effective for us at Benetech in our work furthering technology-for-good. I recently had the opportunity to give an interview for Red Hat’s online magazine, Opensource.com , and discuss Benetech’s culture of “open.” You can read the complete interview on Opensource.com.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Comparisons of open source vs. proprietary development environments (i.e. I’ll write a series of posts, and cover the following topics: Desktop software (OS, Office Suites, browsers, utility software, and other good stuff.). PHP vs.NET and that sort of thing.). Non-profit CRM (including “SaaS&# in the proprietary camp).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 7, 2011

I’ve been using this tool since it actually was StarOffice, more than 10 years ago, when it was first open sourced by Sun in 2000. (funnily enough, for both packages, the executable is still called ‘soffice’ – for ‘Star Office.’).

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3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

We talk a lot about Open Source technology (and we use it quite extensively too) so it might make sense for us to take a moment and explain why we are such advocates. Affordability – Open Source is free of licensing fees. Proven – Open Source platforms like Drupal, WordPress, CiviCRM, etc.,

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

The internet is powered by open source technology—exciting software that's built collaboratively from the bottom-up. Open source is meant to be free and equal, but then why do men continue to dominate open source sites like Wikipedia? Sarah Mirk. Online Editor. B h Magazine.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 11, 2015

“Your secure software is open source: doesn’t that make it less secure?” We strongly believe not only that open source is compatible with digital security, but that it’s also essential for it. In fact, that the tool’s source code is open strengthens its security and, by extension, the safety and privacy of its users.

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NTEN

JUNE 17, 2014

What does this mean when weighing your open source options? Change Management Leadership Open Source Open Source tech leadership' Paul Keogan. Founder and Principal. BackOffice Thinking. A new core technology decision is not just about choice; it's about ownership.

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See3

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The post MechonHadar.org: Open Source Judaism in a Modern Design appeared first on The See3 Blog. As a world-renowned influencer on Torah learning and a leader of the Partnership Minyan movement, Mechon Hadar needed a website that reflected their influence and importance.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 17, 2022

Data Lake for Nonprofit Cloud, Powered by AWS, is a new open-source solution designed to make it even easier for organizations to leverage their Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud data. As nonprofits emerge from pandemic-related challenges, data has become critical in preparing for what's next.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ). a11y accessibility Bookshare engineering executive Gerardo GoRead innovation open source Read2Go'

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2011

I’ve not had any experience with Springboard, but it’s important to understand that it is not open source, and is only maintained by one shop. Right now, there is an alpha release for Drupal 6, which is alpha in that very humble open source sense – it’s being used in quite a number of production sites.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Top tech companies like Google, Facebook and IBM have figured out how to make vast quantities of money by giving away their core product, or building products on top of open source and free software. To the greatest extent possible, be open. Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Forum One

MAY 12, 2021

As we work primarily with open source CMS platforms, such as Drupal and WordPress, our tool is effective in its ability to integrate within the CMS as well as be flexible for organization-specific needs. We look forward to sharing an update soon! Potential and growth of our tool.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Exploring Open Source LMS Solutions GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a mainstay in education and corporate training. Open-source LMS systems offer all of the above in a package you can modify as per your requirements.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Exploring Open Source LMS Solutions GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a mainstay in education and corporate training. Open-source LMS systems offer all of the above in a package you can modify as per your requirements.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Exploring Open Source LMS Solutions Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Learning Management Systems (LMS) have become a mainstay in education and corporate training. Open-source LMS systems offer all of the above in a package you can modify as per your requirements.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 18, 2014

Are you driven to make a real difference from a leadership position in the open source community, at the heart of Silicon Valley and at the unique intersection of technology and social change? Brand career hiring job nonprofit open source recruiting social enterprise social entrepreneur tech4good VP of Engineering'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Benetech, like many nonprofit organizations building open source software for social good, often relies upon the contributions of experienced software developers to help its solutions grow and scale. In so doing, we launched Benetech’s newest program, SocialCoding4Good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

OpenOffice.org is a free and open source cross-platform office suite, which can read and write MS Office.doc,xls, and.ppt files. And the cool thing about open source software is that in situations like this, people can fork stuff. I hope that everyone reading this blog has heard of OpenOffice.org. And they did.

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Charity Village

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest honours the life and legacy of Antonio “Tony” Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. Tony never had a chance to fulfill his computing dreams, so the prize was created to help others realize theirs.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Open Source Training Management System: Why Us? Why is Gyrus Systems the best Open Source Training Management System? An Open Source Training Management System comes easily on the budget and maintains the efficiency of the training programs. The work demands have become more complex and dynamic.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Open Source Training Management System: Why Us? Why is Gyrus Systems the best Open Source Training Management System? An Open Source Training Management System comes easily on the budget and maintains the efficiency of the training programs. The work demands have become more complex and dynamic.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Nonprofits don’t use e-commerce much, but I’ve had some experience (on both sides of the profit fence) doing e-commerce, and for some reason, shopping carts are intriguing me at the moment, and I figure its a good time to know what’s out there, especially in the open source shopping cart world. This is a big plus.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

SocialCoding4Good brings together individual software professionals as well as corporate social responsibility teams from companies such as Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard, LinkedIn, and VMware to volunteer their technical skills to nonprofit partners that develop and maintain free and open source software addressing critical social problems.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

We realized that our humanitarian free and open source software (HFOSS) partners had important roadmap projects with tremendous potential, but in many cases lacked the resources to design, prototype and develop them.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The culture of the Ruby and Rails world, the open source, community-driven, gift economy meritocracy, is very different than the Salesforce.com world – proprietary, business oriented, certifications-focused world. And the great thing is that our company has had such a marriage for a couple of years now, and it works.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 14, 2011

I’ve mentioned this before, and I do think the conventional wisdom is that open source software (which includes OpenOffice.org, MySQL and Java) will not flourish at Oracle. It makes sense – Oracle has never had a culture of fostering open source software, and it seems unlikely to obtain one.

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Gyrus

MARCH 19, 2024

Why Is Gyrus Systems The Best Open-Source Training Management System? The work demands have become more complex and dynamic as Why Is Gyrus Systems The Best Open-Source Training Management System? Open-source LMS comes easy on the budget and maintains the efficiency of the training programs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 16, 2010

Is it free because it’s open source (Drupal, Elgg, Word Press)? It’s open source, and out of the box, it does just about everything Ning does, without the need for the deep setup required to set up Drupal like Ning. Using free services is fine, but know why they are free.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2011

There are some amazingly good blogs out there focused on the use of Drupal and other open source tools. You don’t need to hear from me about the newest web tools – you have ReadWriteWeb and Mashable for that, among others. And besides, the landscape has changed somewhat – in some ways better, in some ways worse.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

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. This topic was especially relevant….

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Donorbox

AUGUST 23, 2024

So you’ve just found the perfect open-source nonprofit CRM software. But after a few months, you start running into unexpected roadblocks — technical issues, hidden costs, […] The post Top 4 Limitations of Open Source Nonprofit CRM & How to Solve Them appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Open source LMS solutions: A great alternative to proprietary LMS systems. Learn more about the best options for 2023, their benefits, potential drawbacks, and more.

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NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Open Source Software Takes Over #1 Spot for House Social Networks. Google+ Struggling to Gain Momentum and Pinterest Pops as Top Newcomer. House Social Network Use Holds Steady at 13%. The Average Number of Members in House Networks Grows Year-over-Year by 265%.

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NTEN

JUNE 8, 2021

NTEN is proud to be the new steward of The Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest , elevating and celebrating open source development for social impact work. The Pizzigati Prize honors the brief life of Tony Pizzigati, an early advocate of open source computing. Open Source for Social Impact.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 7, 2022

Open-source training management system is the need of every professional space to survive and sustain in a competitive environment. Learn how Gyrus Systems delivers it efficiently to its clients.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2017

Source: State of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising 2017. Email and social media are the first apps opened. Source: ReportLinker. Source: GlobalWebIndex. 46% of Americans say they check their smartphones as soon as they wake up, while they’re still in bed.

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