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2013 NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award: Lauren-Glenn Davitian

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The NTEN community is filled with amazing individuals who change the world every day. Lauren-Glenn is an Emeritus NTEN Board member. 2010: Ed Happ , International Red Cross. 2010: Ed Happ , International Red Cross. 13ntc Community nonprofit technology conference nten awards' in Anthropology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982).

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Nonprofit Technology Down Under

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NTEN is proud to announce a mutual scholarship program in partnership with Connecting Up to share nonprofit technology knowledge across the Pacific. Two lucky NTEN Members will be chosen to attend the Connecting Up Conference (CU11) in Melbourne, Australia on June 1-3, 2011 on a full scholarship! How amazing is that?

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If it’s good enough for the Navy …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The process of governments in Europe starting to shift to open source software, and software that used open standards, rapidly increased the use of FOSS in Europe. Basically, it seems the motivation is that open systems allow them to upgrade their capabilities rapidly, and they need to be able to share data freely. It could happen here. {

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Great reads from around the web on April 23rd

Amy Sample Ward

All 79 IDA countries, the lowest income nations, are included with the geographic locations of projects, financing, and sector identification such as water, transportation, governance, etc. There are also indicator data including maternal health, infant mortality, malnutrition, poverty, and population.

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Things We Like (February 2011)

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A positive feedback loop means little hope of homeostasis -- that's a little shout-out to the bio majors in the crowd -- but at least we have data visualization: The 2010 US Census has published a lot of detailed information. The government has also published a map of broadband availability nationwide. Wait, you read the NTEN blog.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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On January 12, 2010, I didn't personally experience the major earthquake that hit Haiti, but I was forever changed by it. But I wasn't prepared for the type of incoming information I saw in the weeks after January 12, 2010. . By Wendy Harman, Social Media Director, American Red Cross. social tools + people = lives saved. .

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Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML

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A lot of governments are demanding that document formats be open standards, so it is important for MS to be able to get OOXML through ISO. Which, of course, kinda defeats the purpose of an open standard. Microsoft is in an interesting place with their cash cow, Office. I’ll keep you posted. { I’ll keep you posted. {

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