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

Amy Sample Ward

There’s a lot happening with Social Actions right now but one bit of news is really exciting, and needs to be highlighted: some incredibly important technical enhancements have recently been made to the Social Actions API. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? was difficult.

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Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

sgEngage

MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. Some of the latest updates we are excited about include new document management capabilities, new ways to delete data in bulk, a completely reimagined applicant-centric portal, and the introduction of SKY API®.

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2009 NTC: Awards Show Wrap Up

NTEN

In the case of Daniel Ben-Horin, the 2009 recipient and co-CEO of Techsoup Global , it's both. The.ORG Amabassador Award , presented by PIR , recognizes upstanding.ORGs and promotes sharing, communication, and interaction across the community. The 2009 award was presented to the American Red Cross.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From my perspective, it’s all about balance, and having an active ecosystem, with healthy open source options present. Other times it is more important to have an open API or an app that is properly designed for plug-ins or extensions. The more SaaS vendors can contribute to and not detract from that ecosystem, the better. {

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Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are some interesting comparison’s out there – see Notmyself, Phil Crissman , and Jeff Croft for a good review of Ma.gnolia’s open API. at 10:45 am Well, I haven’t found one, but I did find this: [link] So Ma.gnolia now has an API that mirrors del.icio.us Ma.gnolia is a new(ish) social bookmarking tool.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Convio Open – Why the Convio Facebook Application blows away Causes

See3

I will write more about the API later, but everyone is really there to see the Facebook opportunity. My assumption is that you could custom build a Facebook application using the API, but if you wanted to use their Facebook connector, you would have to only have one. I like the Changing the Present app and we agree there.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals about or by folks who work with nonprofits and voting. Museum APIs: What Are They Good For? It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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