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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds. Originally, adding actions manually.

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How do you keep up?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. August 5, 2008 I have been thinking for the last few days about what it means to “keep up&# with the technology field, particularly ‘net technology.

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My life as an (almost) ex-Technology Consultant

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

You’ll be great with this and it sounds like it will feed your soul in some new and better ways. I decided several weeks ago, for a variety of reasons, to retire my independent consultant hat. I want to smell the sweat of working for change in our society, from the inside out. { at 5:25 pm Good luck, Michelle. 3 Beth 03.19.07

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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Online Video: An Interview Revealing Best Practices and Trends - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!"

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So you want a Facebook Fan Page for Your Nonprofit? Here's the Scoop!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some of you may remember the flap about Ranger Rick from 2007). Worst thing you can do with a page is dump an RSS feed into the Page - won't be as successful. Heather Mansfield, Facebook Best Practices - Interview. Profiles are optimized for individual communication. If you do, they will delete it. Facebook FAQ on Pages.

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The Horizon Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I follow Vicky Davis's blog, CoolCat Teacher Blog (one of my favorites, in fact her feed is in my "Circle of the Wise" folder) and she is also a twitter contact I follow. So this sort of my preparation for figuring out who I want to interview or what aspect of the project I want to write about in more depth.

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