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Is Your Organization Leveraging Social Networks?
In recent years, individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments have increasingly participated in online social networks. At ifPeople, we recognize that our clients are interested in leveraging online communication functions, collaborative platforms, relationship building opportunities, and marketing tools facilitated by social networking sites.
ifPeople Client Presents at O’Reilly OSCON
George Conard, director of the Mifos Initiative at the Grameen Foundation, will be speaking at O’Reilly OSCON (Open Source Convention) on Thursday, July 24 about leveraging Open Source for Microfinance.
GetPaid Open Source Collaboration and Progress Update
GetPaid is a flexible framework for managing orders and processing credit cards for online payments in Plone. ifPeople has recently been part of a flurry of GetPaid activity, including launching two releases and a number of new sites.
ifPeople Launches New Site for Natural Awakenings
ifPeople is excited to announce the launch of a new web site for Natural Awakenings, one of our long-standing clients. Natural Awakenings Publishing Corporation serves the holistic health community in over 54 markets with 2 million readers through a network of locally owned franchise magazines. The new site will allow Natural Awakenings to increase the brand's visibility as a resource for those interested in holistic and healthy lifestyles by incorporating fresh, dynamic content and increased user-friendly functionality as well as a business directory.
Land Trust Alliance Launches a New Site with ifPeople
ifPeople is excited to announce the launch of a new web site for the Land Trust Alliance. The Land Trust Alliance works to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America. The new site features the ifDirectory, a new site infrastucture, and dynamic content that helps users find exactly what they are looking for while keeping the site fresh and engaging.
ifPeople is Seeking a Contract CRM Consultant (Salesforce.com)
ifPeople is seeking a contract CRM Consultant, experienced in implementing Salesforce.com, to partner with us on upcoming client projects. The company will have ongoing needs for a CRM Consultant on a project-by-project basis, so we are looking to establish a long-term working relationship with a qualified, reliable consultant resource.
ifPeople Hires an Office Manager
Monica Waugh-Benton joined our team last month as the office manager.
ifPeople Presentation at Plone Symposium East - video now available
ifPeople’s Support Specialist Josh Kidd presented on buildout at the Plone Symposium East at Penn State University.
ifPeople Announces Open Source Django Apps
ifPeople seeks to share the knowledge and tools it creates and sharing our software is one way to do that. In working with the Python-based Django platform, we have found that many small, useful bits are missing. This is our first rollout of generic Django apps to our Open Source repository.
ifPeople presents "social sourcing" at Plone Symposium NOLA
ifPeople's cofounder Christopher Johnson addressed the Plone Symposium in New Orleans (June 4, 2008) on fostering a collaborative open source community. The model, which was developed for leading the GetPaid for Plone project, combines an entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative design process, and facilitated communication with the traditional developer-led code-based work.
ifPeople is Seeking a Project Manager
ifPeople is seeking a motivated, organized, and optimistic individual to be a Project Manager in our Atlanta team. Candidates should desire to work in an enterprise led by a fast-moving social entrepreneur in a work environment that fosters learning, leadership, and collaboration. Our team includes a distributed network of 20 people, with many located in South America that are part of FairSource (fair trade software development).
ifPeople Clients in the News: MVL, USCAN
We are honored to get to work with such amazing clients, and get excited when we see them in the news doing what they do best! This month we had two clients showing up in the news: Movement Vision Lab and the US Center for Climate Action.
GetPaid Release Announced
This year, ifPeople cofounder Christopher Johnson has been leading an open source ecommerce project called GetPaid for Plone. His model of "social sourcing" was recently presented at the Plone conference in Italy, and now the product has its first release!
ifPeople supports Zope rock stars coming to Atlanta
ifPeople is proud to support two of Zope's rock stars to come to Atlanta to present a modern framework of tools for Zope and Plone at the Python Atlanta meeting in December.
ifPeople Holiday Reception
It's that time of year again! We hope that you will join us in our Atlanta office for a holiday reception, Wednesday, December 19, 2007.
Plone Conference 2007
ifPeople cofounder Christopher Johnson speaks at the international Plone Conference in Naples, Italy on "social sourcing", a unique model used for organizing an open source software project, GetPaid, that provides commerce functionality for Plone.
Online Collaboration Presentation by ifPeople at Pegasus Conference
ifPeople cofounder Christopher Johnson presented at the "Systems Thinking in Action" conference about leveraging online collaboration for impact. The presentation covered both strategies for using the Internet as well as insights about using systems tools in online environments. For more on the talk and to find the presentation read on...
ifPeople Leads Open Source Commerce Project, GetPaid
ifPeople has been an active leader in the Open Source software project GetPaid, as both a sponsor and organizer of the project. GetPaid, a flexible commerce platform for the Plone content management system, has garnered a sizable community already and demonstrates a modern approach to programming in Plone. Read more about GetPaid and ifPeople's involvement.
ifPeople Announces Open Source Software Products
We are proud to announce that ifPeople has established a place to distribute its Free/Open Source Software projects. This infrastructure will allow for public download, browsing and also servicing for these products. We are releasing an initial set of products, with more to come!
ifPeople's Hiring!
ifPeople is growing our Atlanta team. We are currently seeking outstanding candidates for the positions of Project Manager and Office Manager. Those interested in working in a dynamic social enterprise environment, with international collaboration, and a strong emphasis on learning are encouraged to apply. Taking applications until April 1 (or the position is filled).