mmurrain's blogPenguin Day San Francisco a Success!The Penguin Day came to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. A great crowd turned out to discuss open source for nonprofit needs, and educate participants about the rich array o Full details are at penguinday.org. The event was generously sponsored by Google. The final agenda can be found at http://pd.aspirationtech.org/index.php/Penguin_Day_Agenda Sessions included: * Introduction to Free and Open Source Software Penguin Day San Francisco took place at the Odd Fellows Hall at 7th and Market Street, in the heart of downtown. Penguin Day SF was organized by Aspiration, NOSI, PICnet, and CiviCRM.
Last Webinar of the NTEN/NOSI series: Open Source Database options 12/16Proprietary database systems, particularly for the desktop, such as Access and FileMaker Pro, have been ubiquitous in nonprofit organizations. But there are other options. This webinar will focus particularly on OpenOffice.org Base, a quickly developing open source alternative for desktop databases. We'll also cover open source server database systems, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, and talk about how they can be implemented in nonprofit organizations. Tuesday December 16, 2008, 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET
Next Webinar: PlonePlone is the open source CMS you don't hear a lot about, but is very powerful, and has a vibrant developer and user community. Come hear Jon Stahl, one of the Nonprofit community's Plone gurus outline the requirements for Plone, tell you about setting up a Plone site, and give you the information you need in order to make your new Plone site a success. Tuesday November 25th, 11:00 am PT/2:00 PM ET
Next Webinar: DrupalThe next webinar in the NTEN/NOSI webinar series is on Drupal. Drupal is quickly becoming one of the most popular CMS systems. This webinar will take you through the features of Drupal and what you'll need in order to make your new Drupal site a success. The webinar will be co-presented by Michelle Murrain, of NOSI, and Jack Aponte, of Palante Technology. Tuesday October 28, 2008 at 11:00AM PT/2:00PM ET
Nosi and Aspiration to Join ForcesI'm really pleased to announce that NOSI has become a project of the organization Aspiration. There will be more details and info coming over time, but below is the press release. San Francisco, CA - Aspiration and NOSI announced today that NOSI will become a project of Aspiration . Since 2003 NOSI has provided the nonprofit sector with information and education designed to help nonprofits leverage the benefits of using free and open source software (FOSS) in their work. As the author of the groundbreaking “Choosing and Using Free and Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits,” NOSI provides nonprofit staff and decision-makers with both tools and information, allowing them to assess free and open source software's capacity to support the needs of their organizations. The merger will allow the two organizations to focus their collective energies on growing free and open source capacity in the nonprofit sector, working with developers, integrators, and end users. A number of open source tools, including the Firefox web browser, the CiviCRM platform, and a range of open source web publishing systems, have reached a state of maturity that makes them excellent options for nonprofits. But much work remains to be done in supporting the creation and sustainability of FOSS options in a number of other mission-critical software categories. Aspiration and NOSI welcome the challenge. Michelle Murrain, NOSI's Coordinator says “Aspiration and NOSI have worked hand in hand over the years to help nonprofit organizations learn about and implement free and open source software. This is a natural fit, and I'm excited to consider the kinds of projects we'll be undertaking together.” Aspiration Executive Director Allen Gunn says “Aspiration works to see better tools created to support nonprofit missions. While as an organization we strive to be license-agnostic, we see free and open source software as an ever-more critical component of nonprofit technology infrastructure, and NOSI has led the way over the past 5 years in advocating and educating nonprofits and funders about free and open source software. Working directly with NOSI will forward Aspiration's mission of better tools for a better world." Aspiration and NOSI will immediately turn their focus to the 2008 Nonprofit Software Development Summit, taking place November 17-19 in Oakland, California. The event will provide a venue for the full range of stakeholders in nonprofit software development to meet, share knowledge, discuss pressing issues and strengthen community ties. We encourage anyone interested in nonprofit software to join us for this unique summit. NOSI will operate as a program of Aspiration, retaining its advisory board and programmatic direction. Michelle Murrain will return to the Aspiration board, with a focus on representing the NOSI community. The organizations will share staff and fundraising capacity, and the new Aspiration will be better able to educate the groups they work with about available free and open source options. This work will be carried out by maintaining the NOSI Primer, enhancing the Social Source Commons, and continuing to host Penguin Days (www.penguinday.org) across the country and around the world. Aspiration works to connect nonprofit organizations with software solutions that help them better carry out their work. Their events, strategic advising and online resources, including the Social Source Commons, help nonprofit organizations find and use the best software tools available in order to maximize their impact and, in turn, help change the world. Aspiration: http://aspirationtech.org , press@aspirationtech.org
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