This group is a place to share ideas, organize and generally put our heads together regarding how Drupal is, and can be, used for nonprofit, charitable and social justice purposes.
Join us on the third Thursday of every month, at 1:00 PM U.S. Eastern for our group meeting by phone. View our next discussion date.
All calls are free and everyone is welcome! While "#npdrupal" refers to "nonprofit Drupal" (similar to "#nptech") our focus is broader than just nonprofit/NGO-specific uses of Drupal and encompasses all "Drupal for good" work like advocacy, community organizing, fundraising, and campaigns.
Our meetings take place at 1:00 PM US-Eastern/10:00 AM US-Pacific/19:00 CEST. (Convert to your local time zone.)
RedHen CRM Alpha1 released - Native CRM in Drupal 7.x
After 800 hours of development, ThinkShout's proud to announce the Alpha1 release of RedHen CRM - a native CRM framework for Drupal 7.
For more information, please check out our two-part blog post describing the architecture and feature set:
http://thinkshout.com/blog/2012/06/sean/redhen-crm-part-1
http://thinkshout.com/blog/2012/06/sean/redhen-crm-part-2
You can also learn more about the project on D.O at: http://drupal.org/project/redhen.
Read moreRedHen CRM BoF today at Open Source Bridge
Tonight at 6:30pm PST Lev Tsypin from ThinkShout will be hosting a RedHen CRM BoF as part of Open Source Bridge here in PDX.
If you're in town and interested, please check it out:
http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/930
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Using VoIP Drupal for social inclusion and civic empowerment in Wisconsin
Hello all,
Last week, I attended the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference at the MIT Media Lab and had the opportunity to do a 5-minute "ignite talk" about the What's Up initiative that we are carrying in Wisconsin:
Built on VoIP Drupal (http://drupal.org/project/voipdrupal/), What's Up is a software platform designed to allow people in a small geographic community to share information, plan events and make decisions, using media that is as broadly inclusive as possible.
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How many people in this Forum follow a "growth mindset" or an "agile mindset"?
I was curious to find out how many Drupal people have an agile mindset also known as a growth mindset? This means in short, not ever knowing if you are 100% correct and exploring your doubts and not being afraid to be wrong or fail.
http://www.amazon.com/Mindset-The-New-Psychology-Success/dp/1400062756
That is a book on the topic. This is different from agile development.
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Enable rich-text editor for comment form
Hi all, I want enable(add) rich-text editor for comment form. I am config successful and using: IMCE, TinyMCE 3.4.6, self-built interface(add(edit) content form existed rich-text). Thanks!
Read moreRedHen CRM Demo
Last Tuesday I did a 20 minute demo of RedHen CRM at the PDUG meetup here in PDX.
This demo was based upon a sandbox sample install profile (and make file) at:
http://drupal.org/sandbox/seanberto/1490420
We'd love for you to check out the project. The sandbox is a lot like Commerce Kickstarter, in that it simply provides an example of what you can do with RedHen.
A quick run down of what you might want to check out in the distro:
- Ability to manage custom entity bundles for contacts and organizations.
Blackoutspeakout, June 4
Many Canadian non-profit organizations are protesting the latest federal budget, here:
http://www.blackoutspeakout.ca/
If you know of any organizations that use Drupal and would like to participate, you're welcome to use and/or recycle this simple D6 sandbox module (based on a similar module created for the US sopa campaign earlier this year).
http://drupal.org/sandbox/adixon/1611860
or just use this command to grab it:
git clone --recursive --branch master http://git.drupal.org/sandbox/adixon/1611860.git blackoutspeakout
Read moreSan Francisco CiviCRM Meetup - June 12th, 2012
Join us on June 12 to learn how CiviCRM can help your organization fundraise. We'll be discussing best practices for raising money and maintaining donor relations with CiviCRM. Whether you're starting a new organization or consider yourself an experienced fundraiser, we'd love get your input. Stick around for a brainstorm about how CiviCRM can be improved to make fundraising easier for you.
Meetup Agenda
* Meet and Greet (5:30 - 6:00pm)
VoIP Drupal at the World Bank
Today the World Bank published a nice blog entry highlighting the use of VoIP Drupal to support good governance, social inclusion and citizen engagement:
http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/checkmyschool-voipdrupal
That blog was the outcome of a presentation that I did on May 2, 2012 to representatives from the World Bank, IDB and other organizations who work in education, eGovernance and related areas. For slides and additional information about that talk, have a look at: http://go.worldbank.org/XM1D7VZE10
Best,
Leo
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New Social Innovation Grant to learn Drupal to build your site
6 week live online Drupal course free for two innovative web projects.
We think Drupal is an amazing and powerful tool for innovative projects that make the world a better place. We are offering these grants to encourage its use and help those trying to make a difference.
We are giving out two Grants worth $600 each to an individual who has an innovative idea for a website that will have a positive social impact. If you have such an idea you are eligible to apply. (Projects can be for-profit, nonprofit, sponsored by an organization or independent.)
Read morePhone / SMS / VoIP integration with Commerce, Open Atrium, Drupal Commons and CiviCRM
Hello everyone,
I wonder if anyone would like to partner with me to mentor GSoC projects that provide phone, SMS, and VoIP capabilities to Commerce, Open Atrium, Drupal Commons and/or CiviCRM.
Read moreHands-on VoIP Drupal session today at Drupal Con Denver
Thanks to everyone who attended the first VoIP Drupal session yesterday (3/20) at Drupal Con Denver!
If you are attending the event, I'd highly encourage you to join us for today's hands-on session at 2:15pm in room 212 (http://denver2012.drupal.org/bof/voip-drupal-hands-session)
As part of that session, we will have opportunity to answer specific questions and go deeper into different aspects of VoIP Drupal, including the main modules of the platform (click2call, phone recorder, voipnode, etc.) and the VoIP Script API.
If you have any comments or questions, please send me an email and let's try to find some time to talk while we're all in Denver. I'll be here until Thursday afternoon and will be very happy to learn more about your ideas!
Best,
Leo
Read moreCiviCon 2012 Sessions Announced
Want to learn about the latest developments in CiviCRM Webform and Views integration?
Want to discuss the differences between developing for CiviCRM and developing for Drupal?
Want to share tools and best practices for managing medium to large CiviCRM + Drupal installations?
Want tips and tricks for customizing CiviCRM and building your own reports?
Want to learn how to integrate CiviCRM with other modules and applications using the API?
If so, there are sessions for you at CiviCon 2012 in Berkeley, CA on April 2nd!
Read moreVoIP Drupal webinar: Building sites that make and receive phone calls
Hello everyone,
We are very happy to introduce you to the latest and greatest features of the VoIP Drupal platform!
As part of this webinar, you will learn about VoIP Drupal, a new open source framework that makes it easy to build websites that almost literally pick-up the phone, make calls, record messages, broadcast audio, and more.
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Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) Drupal Day
NPO Drupal Friends,
ThinkShout is proud to announce that we are facilitating the first ever Drupal Day for Nonprofit IT Professionals event at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) April 3rd, 2012, at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco.
The content of this full-day event will be geared toward IT decision-makers who either currently manage, or are considering, the Drupal content management system. With this focus, this event will be applicable to Drupal professional service providers specializing in the nonprofit sector, in-house nonprofit software developers, Drupal power-users, and executive nonprofit staff responsible for managing website and web application procurement and maintenance.
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Time Budget Proposal Review
Hello, ladies.
I give way too much time away; trying to give better (truer) estimates. Would appreciate any and all who might give this proposal (time estimates only) a quick glance. Seem about right? I think that it is conservative -- best case scenario. (This project has likelihood of serious scope creep!)
Feedback appreciated. Thank you!
http://TymeForChange.org/DRAFT_Proposal_redac.pdf
Tyme
Read moreCiviCRM Meetup in San Francisco - Get the scoop on v4.1 and v4.2
Meetup Agenda
- Meet and Greet (5:30 - 6:00pm)
- Introducing CiviCRM 4.1 - tour of new and improved features
- "Birds of a Feather" Groups (fundraising, events, case management ... based on interests)
When: February 8th, 2012 5:30 PM through 7:30 PM
Where: Electronic Frontier Foundation offices are located 4 blocks from the Mission and 16th St BART station.
Address:
Electronic Frontier Foundation
454 Shotwell St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
Register here: http://civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=186
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STOP SOPA and PIPA with Pirate Talk Drupal Module
Continue yer scurvy #stopsopa protest by translating your Drupal site into Pirate Talk customized for th' wretch'd 99%
My 'first' public Drupal module? Actually it's just forked from the original Pirate Talk module created by Richard Eriksson: http://drupal.org/project/pirate
Sample: http://netsperience.org/content/blog/test-sopa-pirates-drupal-module
(original text Pirated from Gizmodo.com http://gizmodo.com/5877000/what-is-sopa )
What Is that scurvey SOPA treaty? The sharks will eat well tonight! Get me spyglass, I'll warrant ye!
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Melbourne CiviCRM with Eileen McNaughton
The first(?) Melbourne CiviCRM meetup is announced! And Eileen McNaughton will be joining us as we discuss CiviCRM and future plans for the group.
Further updates and details will be posted on the events meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/MelbourneCiviCRM/events/44492342/
Read moreCiviCon 2012 in San Francisco - April 2nd 2012
The CiviCRM team invites you to CiviCon 2012
CiviCon – the annual conference for CiviCRM developers, implementers, administrators and users – is happening in the San Francisco Bay Area on April 2nd. Early bird registration is just $75 and ends less than a month away on January 30th, so reserve your spot now.
CiviCon is the annual CiviCRM event bringing together the people who develop, design, implement, administer, and use CiviCRM. We'll have great speakers, breakout sessions and panels highlighting real-world examples of nonprofits growing and sustaining relationships using CiviCRM. Find out about the future of the platform through discussions with the core team. You'll have ample opportunity to ask questions, meet other users and developers, make valuable connections, and get involved in the community.
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