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Nonprofit Software Development Summit Nov. 17-19

amysampleward — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:08:16 -0400

"Are you a developer writing code to support nonprofit needs? Are you a nonprofit user with strong opinions about what software you need developed to empower your programs and operations? Are you someone who just cares about seeing better technology developed to address the broad range of issues we face as a global community?"

Check out the Nonprofit Software Development Summit!

Open Translation Tool: Aspiration's paper for translating open content

amysampleward — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:53:55 -0400

Aspiration, a nonprofit focused on connecting nonprofit organizations with the best software available, just released Open Translation Tools: Disruptive Potential to Broaden Access to Knowledge—a paper documenting learnings and outcomes from the first-ever Open Translation Tools Convergence.

You can learn more and download the paper from Aspiration's website here.

All Aboard the Wiki Bus! (or, finding the right wiki software)

ehersman — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:11:54 -0400

At Ushahidi we're using Basecamp for a lot of project management activities. It's a good tool, but we've found that it just doesn't cut it as a knowledge repository. We knew we were going to have to find a wiki engine to use for our knowledgebase, but didn't realize how many options (good and bad) that there are in the wild world web.

Wiki Software or Hosted Wiki?

Unlocking the Power of Data - Interview with Steve Wright from the Salesforce.com Foundation

jedsundwall — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:36:42 -0400

Steve Wright, Program and Technical Director of the Salesforce.com Foundation talks to us about how social benefit organizations are improving their operations by using Salesforce.com to gather and understand data.

Requested Adobe Software Through TechSoup? You Could Win $1,000!

Britt Bravo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:06:49 -0400

As many of you know, TechSoup, NetSquared's mother organization, has an awesome service called TechSoup Stock where qualified organizations are eligible to apply for donated technology products at the lowest possible cost.

DIY Mashups with GeoXtract

Britt Bravo — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:35:33 -0500

For those of you who have ideas for location based mashups with social impact, check out Make Mashups Using Your Own Data with geoXtract by Sarah Perez on ReadWriteWeb:

"GeoXtract is a powerful tool that allows you to integrate your own data with Google Maps or Google Earth. Using this desktop application, you can create a personalized map with no programming experience required."
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NetSuite Giving Program for Nonprofits, Green Startups, Fair Trade Business and Social Entrpreneurs

Britt Bravo — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:08:13 -0500

In case you didn't see it last week, David Geilhufe posted about a new donation program NetSuite is offering. David is the Program Manager for NetSuite's philanthropy program, NetSuite Giving.

NetSuite Giving is accepting Requests for Applications till March 21, 2008 from US, Canadian and UK charities, green startups, Fair Trade businesses, and social entrepreneurs.

Grantees will receive NetSuite software and NetSuite employee volunteers to help them effectively use the donation.

To apply for a NetSuite product donation, go to: http://shopping.netsuite.com/giving

How to Find Software for Your Nonprofit with Allen Gunn of Aspiration at Net Tuesday San Francisco

Britt Bravo — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:41:10 -0500

Next week, at Net Tuesday San Francisco, Allen Gunn of Aspiration and Social Source Commons, will facilitate an interactive session about finding, utilizing and maintaining software for your nonprofit.

Come share your points of pain in finding and utilizing appropriate software for your organization, discuss software solutions, and join the Social Source Commons. Social Source Commons is a place to share lists of software tools that you already use, gain knowledge and support, and discover new tools. It was a Featured Project at the NetSquared Conference in May 2007.

Tuesday, November 13
TechSoup/CompuMentor
525 Brannan St. Ste. 300
San Francisco, CA, 94107
6-8 PM
Free
RSVP on Upcoming or Meetup

Aspiration’s Executive Director, Allen Gunn, has over twenty years of software development and capacity building expertise. He has shepherded large software projects through all stages of development: from inception, design, development, and testing to deployment, support and marketing in environments ranging from start-up to large corporation to nonprofit.

Alternative Capital Valuation

Jessica — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:03:34 -0400

Let me know if you're interested in a preprint I did for the Institute for the Future's Ten Year Forecast on the financial space over the next ten years.

I talk about alternative capital, intangible assets, and corporate social responsibility movements, etc.

I'm listed as being associated with my start-up, Civv.us, which is very early stage community enterprise (probably for-profit, because I want to attend specifically to alternative capital valuation).

Other than the capital component, I have expertise particularly in the education, k-12, community spaces in the US.

My blog:
http://kitode.typepad.com

Idealware Nonprofit Software Knowledge Sharing Initiative

lauraquinn — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:16:52 -0400