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Nov 1, 2008 8:42 pm
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(Dear ISF Colleagues: There's a lot of interest in this question on the "Mission-Based Massachusetts" list ...
I blogged about this topic last month at Idealware, and we had a healthy discussion in the comments that included a lot about best practices and product...
(Dear ISF Colleagues: This looks intriguing! Has anyone brainstormed ways for nonprofits to use LinkedIn applications? By the way, you can find my on...
What you use very much depends on the scope and size of the project. You don’t really want a project-management/project-tracking tool that is more complex...
... Dear Theron, These are very wise words indeed. I'd also encourage a nonprofit organization to look at web-based project management tools, rather than an...
Base Camp http://www.basecamphq.com They claim they are managing over 1M projects on line now. Between Google Docs for collaboration and email, I think you...
Attention Non-Profit, Cultural, Educational, and Governmental Organizations in Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York City! Since 1999, the School of...
Hi, would like to inquire about what programming language will be best used for a web based inventory system. There will be a module for filtering items based...
Well, we built our asset/inventory system as part of our FortyFourFish suite of products. It is simple enough if you just extract this aspect of it. It was...
Ryan, Is there a reason that you are looking to build rather than use shareware or buy? Several inventory/asset management SaaS solutions exist with free...
Hi everyone, My name is Simon Calder, owner of an online software training site called SimonSezIT.com. I wanted to introduce myself and my training company. I...
Simon Calder
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Nov 6, 2008 4:24 pm
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Does anyone have any hotswap HP Ultra3 or ultra 320 drives just collecting dust? I have a project and no budget to go with it. Colin J. Boyle, MCSE IT...
I'll second Jordan's recommendation. I wrote a retail management system for a Goodwill I used to work for in PHP/MySQL. MySQL is a powerful transactional...
Hi, To hop onto this train, there are quite a number of open source ERP/ inventory management software projects out there, that are mature, and worth a look. ...
... Dear Michelle, and other esteemed colleagues: I'm beginning to think that the line between building and buying applications is getting very blurred for a...
... It's interesting - I think you are probably right that it is getting blurred, especially if the organizations don't know a lot about technology. I mean for...
... I jumped in quickly with my PHP/MySQL recommendation, but absolutely agree with others that a pre-existing app, if it suits the needs, is a better way to...
... Me personally, I hardly ever buy Version 1.o of anything. Let somebody else do the final beta testing. Same way with applications. If a well-tested COTS or...
It's not easy being green-much less greening a whole organization, but TechSoup Global's GreenTech program wants to help get you started! They are offering two...
... Whether to build or use existing can be a difficult decision, however, it is possible to narrow it down. If what you want is so unique that there is...
Joe Magueta
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Nov 9, 2008 12:41 pm
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Dear ISF Colleagues, I've written a blog article about the SocialActions.com platform that I think may interest you: ...
Hi all, I'm in the process of research for a major open source CMS comparison report for Idealware. If you are a staff person at a nonprofit, and for a...
The election is finally over...but year-end fundraising has yet to begin! Turn your attention to learning about the software that can help you raise money-...
Laura S. Quinn
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Nov 11, 2008 4:17 pm
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I'm posting this on behalf of TechSoup Global." It's not easy being green-much less greening a whole organization, but TechSoup Global's GreenTech program...
Dear Bryan, May I recommend using block formatting - i.e., no indentation of paragraphs - for your posts? I find that with email distribution lists the...
(Dear ISF Colleagues: Jayne Cravens of Coyote Communications is an nptech goddess, or a wizard, or some combination thereof. Check out her bulletin and...
Dear ISF Colleagues, I'm wondering about how various mission-based organizations make decisions about how to delegate Tweeting duties. In other words, if an...
The ANSWR project– a project of Aspiration, TechSoup, and the Surdna Foundation, www.answr.net – is creating an online resource hub to pull together...