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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

In June 2009, John decided to sell nearly everything he owned and set out for New York City (via San Diego). I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). This map shows some of the sites where Oxfam is providing water and sanitation, as well as employment through the cash-for-work program.

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Blog Action Day 2009 Climate Change: Technology in the Climate Movement

NTEN

Today's Blog Action Day 2009 ! Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. The annual event's focus this year is Climate Change, an the issue that will impact all of our lives.

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Nonprofits and Content Strategy: The Wisdom of the Network

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first step is mapping your network so you understand the connections – hubs and influencers. And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! I’ve given approximately 2,900 hours of work for America since 2009.

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6 Governments Who Set Their Data Free

Forum One

Users can, for example, subscribe to feeds of crime incidents or view a Google Map of construction projects completed in 2009. Vancouver's Open Data Catalogue : If you are a Vancouver resident or tourist, you can subscribe to an RSS feed of traffic advisories or review the 133 voting division boundaries.

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Online Extension of Conference: Global Development Network Meeting in Kuwait

Forum One

We're doing this by setting up a social network for attendees, by blogging and twittering about the event, and by aggregating news and video and photo feeds from the event. See how it is unfolding here in Kuwait: GDN 2009 Conference social network. See the participants map of the world. Google news feed about the event.

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