Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

NTEN member organizations US Fund for UNICEF and Feeding America discuss their experiences so far with this online media investment. Jenn Thompson lists the conferences she's looking forward to attending in 2009 and why she recommends them. Speaking of turning to online media, has your organization invested in online banner ads?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. The image above is an example from the Sumatra earthquake response of 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process with staff and advisory board feedback. Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious.

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