Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too.

Open Source 100

Open Source Open API Software 100

Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Consultant Myspace Social Media Advocacy 31

Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

Consultant 31

Consultant Social Media Myspace Advocacy 31

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.

Mashup 50

Mashup Netsquared Challenge Impact 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

You can think of it as having 24/7 access to another users filing cabinet, but each user's collection of bookmarks helps to build an rich knowledge network. Wikipedia , the online open-community encyclopedia, is the most well known. Examples of Mashups. Chicago Crime Maps; Another googlemap mashup with crime statistics.

Remix 50

Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Efforts like Freebase , which hopes to be the wikipedia for data, are giving communities the ability to collaboratively share data. What exciting mashups will our visitors create if we open up our collections data? More museums should be building these programming skills in internal teams that grow expertise from project to project.

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Museum Web Teen Flickr 20