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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

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. The problem with developing a standard is that it is only as useful as those adopting it. Much like Apple did with the iPhone.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. And the user-adoption numbers are ridiculously high. In addition, there's be lots of learning shared freely.

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Expressions (media creation, mashups, etc). Adults who work for nonprofits and feeling pressured to adopt and incorporate social networking tools and techniques. the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation. the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation.

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What is Twitter, Really? And Can it Do Anything for Museums?

Museum 2.0

There's twittervision , twitter's most popular mashup, which shows tweets (twitter entries) real-time on a global map. And many more mashups and applications available here. If it is adopted by a whole team, I think twitter can be quite useful internally for project management and group updates. There's the basic site.

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