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Interview: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real Time Web Report

Amy Sample Ward

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. When did RWW start focusing on the real-time Web?

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2009 Nonprofit Video Awards: “Everyone’s Doing It”

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It’s time again for the Nonprofit Video Awards from DoGooderTV , sponosored by NTEN & See3 Communications. If you were at the 08NTC last April, then you probably remember the awards ceremony for the 2008 contest. If your organization made a video—any video—in 2008, we want to see it!

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

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Around the time of the Nonprofit Technology Network ’s 2008 NTC conference, an even brighter light bulb went on. The vast majority of applications that have been built since 2008 match actions with related content: for example, by reading a blog post and searching the Social Actions dataset for related actions.

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Predictions for 2009

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It’s the time of year when people start placing their bets on where we’re going next. Mashups in this sense aren’t going anywhere, especially as platforms are built to help create them with less technical knowledge and in less time. What was your favorite innovation from 2008? Community Movement.

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Nonprofit Economic Survey from GuideStar

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The good news is that the proportion of nonprofits reporting decreased contributions, 52 percent, remained unchanged from our previous survey, which covered October 2008 through February 2009. We realize this is a one-time deal, but it has put us back on our feet.&#. We were very fortunate. What’s significant to me?

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Great reads from January 14th through January 15th

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Adding PayPal, the most popular online payment service, has been a frequent request from our users for some time, so we’re really pleased to have integrated it into our donation process and become the only online fundraising platform in the UK to do so."

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Free TechSoup Webinar: Basics for Beginners

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Register now for the live webinar, Wednesday, April 15th, 9 AM Pacific Standard Time. Dive into the discussion in the TechSoup online forums where we’ll discuss such topics as: How can you make the most of social media with very little resources (time, money, staff)? How much time should you devote to social media each day?

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