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Economically, open looks better than closed

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Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID. All really great stuff. If so, where on the list?

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Nonprofit Resolutions That Will Make A Difference in 2009 - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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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!" What are your top nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Need ideas to turn your resolutions into reality?

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Highlights from the 2009 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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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!" May 14, 2009 | Eric Copyright © 2008, Care2.com com , Inc.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

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I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009. Today, I am about two-thirds of the way through my second term of national service in Public Allies Arizona and AmeriCorps. I can’t tell you what an honor it has been to serve my country. Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

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It was completed and published in November 2009. Site Map Accessibility Contact Site Setup RSS Feed Copyright & Trademark Accessibility Privacy Emergency Contact ASU ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Innovation College of Public Programs | Arizona State University | University Center Mail Code 4120 411 N.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

ASU Lodestar Center

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.