NTC 2010 "Working With Opensource Software And Vendors"

Working With Open Source Software And Vendors Gregory Heller, CivicActions @gregoryheller Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM, @dggreenberg Margaux O'Malley, Grand Junction Design, @margaux_omalley Sarah Davies, ACLU WA @sarahdavies Session Code: 176

Gregory Heller Strategist, CivicActions @gregoryheller Sarah Davies Internet Operations Manager, ACLU of Washington @sarahdavies David Greenberg Project Manager, CiviCRM @dggreenberg Margaux O'Malley President, Grand Junction Design @margaux_omalley

Who Are You?
Nonprofit Staff or Executives?
Open Source Software Developers or Vendors?
Proprietary Software Developers or Vendors?
Non-Developer Consultants?
Gregory Heller

What Do You Know? Are You Using Free and Open Source Software? Gregory Heller

What Do You Know? Are you sure? Desktop Gregory Heller

What Do You Know?
Online
Content Management
Contact Management
Server Stack
Gregory Heller

What Is Open Source?
Free Software or Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
You have access to the source code
You do not have to pay a licensing fee to use it
You can build on the code, modify it and redistribute your improvements
Gregory Heller

Why Open Source ? No License Fees No Vendor Lock-In* Customizable Community Morality? cliff1066™ subcircle Gregory Heller

Moral? Basic argument: Non Profit $ should not go to licensing fees and profits of proprietary software companies. Investing in Free and Open Source Software advances a tool set available to those with the least among us. Watch Last Year's NTC Keynote from Eben Moglen Gregory Heller

No Vendor Lock-In & Community
Signs of Good Open Source Software:
Strong Community
Vibrant Vendor Ecosystem
Gregory Heller

About CiviCRM
Designed by and for non-profits
Fundraising
Events
Membership
Newsletters
Case management
Drupal and Joomla integration
Breast Cancer Research Fdtn, Wikipedia, Mozilla Foundation, Drupal Association …
Learn more at civicrm.org`
Dave Greenberg, CiviCRM http://civicrm.org @CiviCRM

Our Community
Thousands of installed sites
16,000+ community members
Online forum and IRC channel
Local meetups
“ CiviCon 2010”
Dave Greenberg

Choosing Partner(s)
Assess in-house resources (analysis + sys admin)
Where do you need help?
Design, Configure and Customize
Data Migration
Hosting
Ongoing support and maintenance (upgrades!)
Partner selection is critical
Experience w/ open source + specific platform(s)
Experience w/ organizations and implementations like yours (features, scale, user profile …)
Best practices approach to customization
Dave Greenberg

Participate and Contribute!
Everyone can contribute regardless of skills and background!
Give and get help on forums and IRC
Improve the documentation
Join or start a local meetup
Promote the project to other NPOs
Share a case study
Spec a new feature or improvement (and sponsor or develop it)
Review / test alpha and beta releases
Report / help diagnose bugs
Dave Greenberg

Does open source matter?
“ It may be time for organizations to think about rejecting the standard “every organization for themselves” mentality of software acquisition and development, and consider investing in open source tools that enrich the sector as a whole.”
Michelle Murrain - OpenIssue.com
Dave Greenberg

Open source makes the world a better place Margaux O'Malley

Spirit of community and camaraderie Margaux O'Malley

An ongoing investment A way to give back Margaux O'Malley

Relationships!
What makes a good…
client?
vendor?
RFP?
Margaux O'Malley

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NTC 2010 "Working With Opensource Software And Vendors"

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