New to the sector, our intrepid reporter gets the goods on ‘open’ and ‘open source’ technologies for nonprofit fundraising. Did you even know there was a difference?

By Melissa Busch

“We provide openness,” he explains. “If you’re doing your Web site on Convio, we can provide a tool to connect you to a Facebook application. You can reach out to your constituents. It makes it easy for nonprofits to do that without technical knowledge.”

Convio Vice President of Product Management Tom Krackeler says that what kind of “open” a nonprofit chooses depends on its needs and its interests.