The document discusses how nonprofits can use Open Atrium, an open source collaboration platform. It describes Open Atrium's features for knowledge management, communication and collaboration. Examples are given of how nonprofits have used Open Atrium for member portals, coworking spaces, journalism and more. The document outlines a three step process for setting up a nonprofit Open Atrium site: mapping out users, work and needs; structuring spaces and sections; and implementing the design on Open Atrium.
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4. Today’s Discussion
• What is Open Atrium?
• How do nonprofits use Open Atrium?
• Getting Ready for your Open Atrium 2.0 Site
• Demo!
• How to Get Started
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6. What is Open Atrium?
Open Atrium is a collaboration platform
designed to help organizations manage
their communications, teams, and
knowledge.
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7. What does Atrium DO?
Atrium has native features to support knowledge management,
collaboration, and communication.
But through its pluggable framework, can also be extended to
integrate with enterprise-level applications focusing on project
tracking (like JIRA), time tracking (like Harvest, AtTask, or OpenAir),
wikis (like Confluence), and asset management (like Alfresco and
Sharepoint).
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8. Features of Atrium 2.0
• Security through access control for individuals, teams, and organizations
• Discussions: moderated public and private
• Knowledge Management: file storage, collaboration, access
• Simple multi-site or “microsite” implementation
• Mobile ready: responsive themes and layouts
• Pluggable functionality to connect to enterprise-level applications
(custom work, but done as plugins)
• Customizable Layout
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9. Open Atrium Can Be Used To...
• Manage projects and clients for a services company
• Meet customers in a discussion forum
• Build an Intranet or manage knowledge with a wiki
• Engage and Inform through a web portal
• Create an extranet for sharing access-controlled information
for business to business knowledge management
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11. Who is Atrium For?
Atrium 2.0 is for organizations with
teams, clients, or affiliates who need
a common platform to communicate,
collaborate, and manage knowledge.
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12. Nonprofits can use Open Atrium to...
• Manage multiple chapters or affiliates of the organization
• Share best practices
• Manage volunteer groups
• Engage community members in dialogue around needs
• Communicate (and REALLY collaborate!) with the board
• Manage events & organization calendars
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13. An Atrium 2.0 Customer may have...
• Multiple chapters, affiliates, franchises, or brands
• Global, Regional, and Local communication needs
• Multiple offices, teams, or branches
• Forums or networks of customers to engage
• multiple campaigns, projects, newsbeats, or aid efforts
• multiple project teams communicating with external clients
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39. Questions for our Guests
• Why is collaboration so"ware important to your nonprofit?
• What do you use Open Atrium to do?
• What are you hoping to do with Open Atrium 2.0?
• How has collaboration so"ware changed the way your
organization works?
• What features do you hope to see in Open Atrium in the
future?
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40. How to Set Up a
Nonprofit Open
Atrium Site
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42. Spaces
• A "Space" is a subset of content
within your Open Atrium instance
that is shared among a collection
of users (members).
• A "Space" can be used for a
Project, Department, Microsite or
any other collection of related
content and people.
• It is an “Organic Group” content
type. (no relation to Spaces
module)
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43. Sections
• A "Section" is a collection of
content within a specific "Space"
that is tightly related, or private to
a specific set of users.
• A "Section" can be used for
specific working areas within a
Space, such as a Discussion or
Wiki.
• A "Section" can be assigned
specific access controls to limit it's
visibility.
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44. Members
• Spaces have Users assigned to them
called “Members”.
• “Members” can have special
permissions, such as Edit and
Create access.
Space Members
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45. Groups
• A "Group" is a collection of users
with related roles or interests than
span across multiple Spaces.
• A "Group" can represent a specific
company or organization, or it can
represent a common role, such as
"project managers" or "developers".
• Groups are used to assign access
control to specific Sections within
Spaces.
• Groups are used for Notifications.
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46. Teams
• A "Team" is an ad-hoc collection of
users within a specific Space that
share a related purpose.
• "Teams" are used to assign private
access control to specific Sections
within Spaces.
• "Groups" extend beyond individual
Spaces whereas “Teams” are
specific to a particular Space.
• Teams are used for Notifications.
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47. Step 2: Map out your
work & people
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51. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
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52. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
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53. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
• How do your people accomplish
that work?
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54. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
• How do your people accomplish
that work?
• Program managers, volunteers
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55. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
• How do your people accomplish
that work?
• Program managers, volunteers
• Plan shi"s, volunteer for shi"s
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56. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
• How do your people accomplish
that work?
• Program managers, volunteers
• Plan shi"s, volunteer for shi"s
• Tutor kids, report results
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57. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
• How do your people accomplish
that work?
• Program managers, volunteers
• Plan shi"s, volunteer for shi"s
• Tutor kids, report results
• Place to discuss; shared calendar
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58. Nonprofits should consider...
• Who are your people?
• How do they interact?
• What is the work that you do?
• What is needed to do that work?
• How do your people accomplish
that work?
• Program managers, volunteers
• Plan shi"s, volunteer for shi"s
• Tutor kids, report results
• Place to discuss; shared calendar
• Share a discussion forum and a
calendar to coordinate volunteer
needs and schedule shi"s
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