tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post109789887384453588..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: Time to learn some new dance stepsLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-1112751986987776772005-04-05T18:46:00.000-07:002005-04-05T18:46:00.000-07:00Lucy-I love this quote:"And it won't involve the c...Lucy-<BR/><BR/>I love this quote:<BR/>"And it won't involve the customers (read: foundations, nonprofits, donors) getting what they want or need UNLESS they act faster than they've ever acted, in ways they haven't before, and with an eye to the motivations of market forces that are virtually foreign to them."<BR/><BR/>We think the future is customers becoming partners in the software development process through open source development strategies-- an approach few nonprofits understand yet. Customers still need to hold their technology providers to the same standard they hold proprietary vendors, but they will have an opportunity to gain both ownership and control over software that meets their needs.<BR/><BR/>We are begining to do this with the <A HREF="http://objectledge.org/confluence/display/CRM/CRM+Project+One+Pager" REL="nofollow">CiviCRM </A> project which is building nonprofit-specific constituent relationship management software. And we seek to nurture this approach through the <A HREF="http://www.socialsourcefoundation.org/" REL="nofollow">Social Source Foundation</A>.<BR/><BR/>We're betting that the future empowers customers, broadens choice, and reduces the overall cost of effective technology solutions. In a this type of open source community process it will be up to nonprofits themselves to determine whether our bet is a good one or not.David Geilhufehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515132554389517815noreply@blogger.com