nonprofits

If you're not already registered to attend CiviCon in Ft. Collins, Colorado, the last day for early bird rates is Friday, April 8!

If you're feeling lucky you can register to win a free ticket from Skvare. We're giving away one complimentary registration to the conference on June 2­-3, 2016 ($229 value). Sprint and training days, lodging, food and transportation not included.

We're offering a grant for free training -- six week live online course and consulting -- for a person or organization who wants to build a website that will have a positive social impact.

Learn more here

We also offer nonprofits a discount (and need based scholarships) for a our six week small-group, live, online training that starts next week

http://new-media-solutions.com/drupal-training

Thanks,
Sam

At New Media Solutions our specialty is working with social entrepreneurs and innovative nonprofits. We think Drupal is an amazing and powerful tool for innovative websites that make the world a better place. We are offering these grants to encourage its use.

We are giving out two Grants worth $450 each to people who have 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.)

At Drupalcon? Join us Thursday 12-1PM in the Erie meeting room for Revolutionary Drupal: Coding and Supporting Social Change

Technology doesn't drive social change, but it is one tool used -- from the streets of revolutionary Cairo to community organizers in Detroit. Can we help support these social change movements with Drupal? Are there ways we can code and structure Drupal projects to make them more useful to activists? Does Drupal have a role in protests and strategic direct action?

This session will be an open discussion for those working around social change, case studies of using Drupal, and brainstorming for ways we could collaborate or support Drupal projects that support social change.

If you're going to be at Chicago Drupalcon, be sure to stop in at the Drupal for Nonprofits/NGOs/Community Orgs Birds of a Feather gathering!

They haven't announced the date/time for the BoFs yet, but it'll be posted on that page once they do.

Hope to see you there!

I'm looking for resources to help with Drupal applications for membership/nonprofits' websites. Specific needs are for dues payments, accepting donations of any amount, course and event registrations.
I'm pretty good with front-end development and administration - can follow and create documentation that's pretty user-friendly, not too technical. But I need help with the back-end part, or to be pointed to good documentation about how to set it up.
You can see our site at www.e-kehila.com. We have used Ubercart in the past but it is not activated right now.

Penguin Day is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009,
right before the NTC. We'd love to see you there!

Penguin Days are designed to let nonprofits and social justice activists
learn about free and open source software that can support their work
and potentially save them money, including tools for web publishing,
fundraising, blogging, and campaigning.

Full details are at www.penguinday.org. Thanks to the generosity of
Google, we're delighted to grant fee waivers to anyone who needs one!

Minneapolis is a Drupal hot-bed of activity this summer!

Drupal Daze, sponsored by Open Circuit, is scheduled for July 19th and 20th. Here, you can get 2 days of Drupal education by gurus around the area. Check out the presentation schedule and registration info at http://www.drupaldaze.com.

Advantage Labs is conducting a special 5-week Nonprofit Drupal Website Training Class specifically designed for a small group of nonprofits. It starts Aug 5th and is limited to 8 nonprofit organizations. By the end of the class, each nonprofit will have their own basic website, nonprofit Drupal training AND 6 months of Advantage Lab's Drupal Alliance program. Check out the full details at: Nonprofit Drupal Training: Build Your Own Basic Nonprofit Website.

AND, of course - this group, The Twin Cities Drupal Users Group, where the TC Posse is taking over and doing lightening talks at the TC Drupal User Group meeting on July 23rd. Find out all about TC Posse and their cunning plans at: http://groups.drupal.org/node/12588 .

Hope to see you soon at one or all of these meetings. Stay cool - with Drupal!

I am posting to ask two questions regarding nonprofits, consultants and Drupal
shops, and the general direction Drupal is headed.  In short, I'd like to
hear your thoughts on whether Drupal is heading in a direction that benefits
nonprofits or leaves many behind. I feel that I need a disclaimer: I'm asking
these questions because I don't know the answer and think some of you will have
great feedback that helps answer the questions, and more importantly improve
Drupal and its community.

1. Is Drupal development getting too expensive, and as a result, pricing many
   smaller (Drupal entry level) NPOs out?
2. Is the professionalization of Drupal -- more modules and themes being
   developed by Drupal shops for paid jobs -- causing more modules, themes and
   improvements to get back to the community and Drupal.org?  Or, are more
   and more improvements becoming for clients only?