Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

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Kintera Open Source Wiki Open 100

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MARCH 12, 2008

Here’s the details from TechCrunch : In case there was still any doubt that Google wants to use YouTube to host all the video on the Web, it’s announcement earlier today to broaden its APIs makes it clear that is its goal. Except that the new APis allow people to upload, watch, search, and comment on the videos on other Websites.

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YouTube Platform Kickapps API 40

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APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Thanks also to Vinay Bhagat at Convio for letting us use data from the new, soon to be released, 2008 Benchmark Study.

Advocacy 44

Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

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MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? Thanks also to Vinay Bhagat at Convio for letting us use data from the new, soon to be released, 2008 Benchmark Study.

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Advocacy Social Media email Online 44

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MARCH 18, 2008

| Main | The Frogloop Interview: Sheeraz Haji » Tuesday Mar 18 2008 LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 03:23PM | by James OMalley Carie Lewis from HSUS tipped us to another clever Web 2.0 crowdsourcing contest by them that shows a great use of Flickrs API.

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API Flickr Contest Social Media 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by MARCH 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST. Submission forms are available at [link] As you know, I do the weekly roundup of NpTech for NetSquared and they've just asked me to work on another project related to this MashUp contest - to pull together a resource list.

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Mashup Netsquared Challenge Impact 50

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APRIL 16, 2008

API’s and web services have had and will continue to have a large and positive impact on nonprofits. A couple of years ago, NTEN articulated how broad adoption of open API’s could help nonprofits spend more time on their missions and less time de-duping their databases. March 13, 2008 | Carie Wow! Really amazing.

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Social Media Advocacy Interview Online 28