Two days ago, I wrote a post on the ICT-KM blog on choosing an open source cms and the simple and practical way I went about evaluating different CMS solutions.

What has emerged is a discussion (and even a bit of debate) via the post comments from IT managers, information and knowledge managers.

Join the discussion on WordPress vs Drupal: Choosing an Open Source CMS!

Besides my role with NetSquared globally, I also organize a monthly NetSquared event locally, in Cambridge, UK. The July Net2Camb event was led by Will Hall, a PHP web developer and open source enthusiast. He discussed the options, benefits, and risks associated with using open source content management systems for SMEs, charities and NGOs.

Will has kindly written a wrap-up of the event to share with you, and included his presentation slides for your reference:

What would you do if you could build a non-profit website from scratch without worrying about any integration issues?

It’s exactly what I’m doing at the moment. In this post I’m sharing my ideas and I’d love to hear your’s.

http://sm4good.com/2010/03/01/nonprofit-website-scratch/

Meaningful Media is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quality, visibility and impact of social issue media.

We are redesigning our website and need a nonprofit-friendly web developer to bring our vision to life.

Project Details:

The Concerned Citizens Coalition and Slurve are looking for someone to help configure Wordpress, Drupal or a similar content management system for our non-profit organization.  We have the front end, but we need help hooking it up so we can upload content and automatically index articles in the most user-friendly way possible. 

Eric Odom talks to us about how the Sam Adams Alliance is using open source software to bring transparency to the corners of American democracy that often go overlooked.

 

Jed Sundwall: What is the stated mission of the Sam Adams Alliance?

 

Eric Odom: The Sam Adams Alliance has existed for a year and a half. It's a 501(c)3 that focuses and education and information and it also has 501(c)4 because of our work across the country with activists and leadership training.

Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of the blog software WordPress, gives some quick incite into how blogs are helpful to nonprofit organizations. 

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