Survey: Open Source CMS Satisfaction in Nonprofits

Isovera is conducting a survey on the use of open source content management systems in nonprofit organizations. We want to better understand how satisfied organizations are with specific systems across implementation stages and functional areas.

This short survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. Results will be made publicly available as well as included as part of a larger paper that Isovera is writing. The results may also be part of an upcoming conference panel and technology journal.

The survey will close at 9am ET on February 1st (we may keep it open if we aren't getting enough responses). Within the following week, Isovera will randomly select 15 valid responses and email each of them a US$15 Powels.com gift certificate. Valid responders must complete the survey and either have a .org email address or show a nonprofit website URL and name.

To take the survey, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=118783059303 . Details of Isovera’s use of collected information are on the introductory page of the survey.

Thank you,
Scott Youmans
Isovera, Inc.
survey at isovera.com

Isovera, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an Internet consulting firm dedicated to helping nonprofits maximize the benefits they receive from using Internet technology.

Thank you to those who have taken the survey already and a notice that we're extending the deadline a couple weeks to allow for more respondents.

The survey will now close at 9am ET on Monday, February 19th.

to take the survey, please visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=118783059303

Thank you for your support and interest.

- Scott

Thank you for taking the time to fill out our recent survey on the use of open source content management systems in non-profit organizations.

Of those who participated, fifteen received special thank you in the form of a $15 Powells.com gift certificate. These email certificates have already been sent out.

Summary results are available at the URL below. Isovera will be developing a paper based on open source content management systems later this year.

http://www.isovera.com/cms_summary20070219.html

Sincerely, Scott Youmans
survey @ isovera . com

Hi, Scott,

Thanks for these interesting statistics. When your paper is ready, I hope you'll let us know.

Thanks,

I agree with the survey results that show a high usage of Drupal. I'm using it for about a dozen sites and absolutely love it.

Recently a good friend of mine found out that his brother has brain cancer and they were looking for a website to post updates. It took me about 10 minutes to set up a website and get them up and running, and they've received lots of very encouraging comments and posts from friends and family - all using Drupal with its built-in contact form, login mechanism, and easy-to-use page creation tools.

I'm sure this could have been done with one of the other frameworks too, but we were very pleased with how fast and easy it was to get it set up with Drupal.

Hells bells, I'm too late. Oh well, for what it is worth we use this list of software.

Asterisk
Ubuntu Server 6.10
Ubuntu Desktop (many flavors)
OpenOffice
Drupal
CrossOver Office (old timer just can't let go)
Gimp, Cinelerra, InkScape
FreeNAS (freebsd)
QNX (not open but we use it)
CENTOS
M0N0WALL