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"Book Discovery" and Policy Impact

Forum One

He talks about the benefits of both putting book content online *and* also allowing people to engage/comment/mashup the text. Yes, in print: The few authors who have experimented with giving away digital copies (mostly in sci-fi) have found that they end up selling more print copies, because their books are discovered by more people.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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Remix This Power Point!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is so much I'm learning from educators about this, including some of the comments I culled from the Chat from yesterday's Extension webinar: In our 4H Youth Development work, copyright has been a big issue, but this step 8 opens up some things. There are comments in code which as Zittrain notes, ??? site that has photos, etc.,

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What's Your Social Media Baseline?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is a comment in the post from Dan McQuillan who has been mulling over measurement of social media from the nonprofit perspective. His post "The Apollo and Dionysus of digital evaluation " talks about finding the right mashup between numbers and stories using mythology metaphors. celebration of shared sensations of change?

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So SaaS vendors are taking good advantage of open source software, and, in many situations, not giving a whole lot back. at 11:01 am { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe Baker 09.24.08 And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've purchase a two copies, one for me and one to give away. If you want a chance of winning a copy, leave a comment saying how you might apply some of the science of participation to your social media strategy. Blog commenters are contributors, as are people who engage in contests.

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The Future of Supporter Data (Or, Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?)

NTEN

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. My email gives you 10-15% open rate. . Please add more in the comments as this is a complex topic! By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org. Collect my cell and there is a 90% chance I open your text message.

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