Get Our Newsletter
Open Source
The Benefits of Mindfulness for Nonprofit Managers
Famed football coach Lou Holtz once said, “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” Nonprofit managers are actually a lot like football players, when you think about it. But, they have less padding to keep them comfortable. They have to be quick on their feet, willing to adapt to a new game plan, and they have to be willing to charge forward even in the face of uncertainty.
Exploring the Creative Commons Universe
We look at a relatively lesser known yet equally compelling tool in the designer’s toolbox: the world of Creative Commons. Getting familiar with the world of Creative Commons can enhance your creative work in several ways: first and foremost, by giving you access to a vast library of open access resources that you can adapt and draw inspiration from. Secondly, it offers you flexible and simple means to make your work discoverable by others.
Digital Rights 102: Highlighting the issues affecting Canadians
By building our awareness of how our human rights are impacted online, we can become better equipped to protect and extend them. In Canada, we need only look at the current headlines to see proof that there are pressing digital rights issues - existing and emerging - facing communities across the country. Read on for a look at some of the digital rights debates that are now impacting Canadians.
Digital Rights 101: Understanding how technology affects human rights for all
Today, technology touches nearly every aspects of our daily lives, affecting our activities both on and offline. In many ways, tech empowers us to exercise our rights more fully by providing new opportunities to build connections and share ideas beyond our immediate community. The internet has expanded the possibilities for work, education, access to healthcare, and more. But these same technologies can unfortunately serve to infringe our rights. They can be used to surveil and silence marginalized communities at a scale that was never before possible.
5 Design Trends: 2016 is the Year of User Experience
Making predictions for the future is key to success, especially within the face-paced tech industry. Each year, TechSoup Canada predicts key tech and web design trends that will affect nonprofits the most. It’s our prediction that 2016 will be the year of user experience design.
Open Source Database Technologies
Server-based databases for nonprofits
April 8, 2002
Six Steps to Adopting Open-Source Software at Your Org
Practical ways to deploy and use open-source software
August 16, 2006
Visual Presentations Made Easy
Do you need to put together an organization chart? Need a flowchart for training new employees and volunteers about a certain work process? How about a map of your computer network? Or maybe you want to distribute your notes from a recent brainstorming session in an attractive, easy-to-read visual format?
Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems
WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone
May 19, 2009
Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice.org
Idealware does a head-to-head comparison of the two office suites
July 2, 2010