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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The other vendors either supply their paying customers with APIs, or, in the case of civicspace, the APIs are, well, free and open, like everything else about open source. From his perspective (and mine, too) one of the big issues (as he put it, the elephant in the room) is how open APIs impacts the business model of vendors.

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Guest Post by Paul Lamb: The Religion & Technology Divide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If religious orgs are serious about building and enhancing community, why are they so behind in leveraging the latest and greatest technology tools to do so? They seem to fear losing control and having traditional hierarchies challenged in an increasingly open source and bottom up world.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After a brief hiatus from blogging, the studio 501c blog with some great advice for nonprofits on how to explore org.20 Last week I summarized Allison Fine's articulate rant about the Gates Foundation. 20 practices. You can listen to a podcast of his remarks here. Lucy has more coverage on her blog. A Couple of Really Good Wikis.

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