%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2008 %T Creating Disruptive Value For Not-For-Profit Organizations Using Open Source %A Fred Dixon %A Jill Woodley %X Much of the currently available off-the-shelf software offers too many features and does not meet the unique usability needs of non-technical or disabled users using old hardware. When leveraging open source components to rapidly build products for not-for-profit organizations, the speed of development doesn't reduce the need to make the product accessible by the users. This article shares the experiences of a unique community/university partnership to bring accessible technology to the non-profit community in the National Capital Region. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 12/2008 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/214 %N December 2008 %9 Articles %1 Blindside Networks Fred Dixon is CEO of Blindside Networks, a company that offers commercial support for BigBlueButton, an open source web conferencing systems for Universities and Colleges. For more information, see http://bigbluebutton.org/. %2 Volunteer Ottawa Jill Woodley is the Manager of Communications at Volunteer Ottawa. For more information, see http://www.volunteerottawa.ca/.