Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2013

TechSoup's Senior Content Manager Ariel Gilbert-Knight details how the MicroMappers apps work in the Guardian Global Development Professionals Network , a blog associated with The Guardian. The authors come from varying sectors, including NGOs, government agencies, academia, and business. More on Technology and Disaster Relief.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. Using the app, organizations can share educational content, tell their stories, and gather insights and feedback from their audiences. Key benefits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Heather agreed to write up this report to share some of the content. These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Policy-oriented organizations have long produced dizzying amounts of statistical content. They use data visualization and sharing tools like Swivel , Widgenie , Many Eyes , Google Maps , Google Motion Charts , APIs and more to make their data more available and more compelling. Kurt Voelker, Forum One Communications. Make it portable.

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2010

For example, one of the promises the Obama administration has come through on is making as much government information publicly available -- thus, transparency. community has evolved into a world of fantastic, innovative and creative web development and mapping projects to integrate government data using APIs into websites.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 10, 2016

So much, in fact, that organizations are boarding the train without a map, a travel bag, and even a destination. The private logic values efficiency, public logic values bureaucratic adherence, and social sector logic values inclusive participation. Collaborations require a high level of understanding and resource investment.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. b) Content. Interested?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The model for disseminating web content is evolving. People curious to learn more about these trends packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington on September 16 to discuss the challenges and successes of content syndication. Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. b) Content. Terms & Conditions. a) In General.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The site will help public health professionals, community leaders, policy makers, and consumers discover how healthy their county is compared to other counties and to uncover strategies to reduce disparities and improve community health. Additionally, a user can view maps for individual counties, such as Fairfax County , Va.,

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. But, besides all the publicity, what’s in it for me? b) Content. That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

They are: Highly visual content, multimedia, maps User-created content (an increasing phenomena, with a wide variety of accessibility) Disproportionate cost compared to the benefit (we can't ask Flickr photo sharing users to describe a billion photos) We discussed the difference in priorities and costs.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. b) Content. Enter your story by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2013, to be eligible to win the tablet and bragging rights.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Poke around the map and see for yourself. Even if you don't win this month, we would still love to place your organization's story on the Local Impact Map. b) Content. The winning stories will also be featured on the Local Impact Map at TechSoupGlobal.org as Featured Stories in November 2014. Official Rules.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2016

I've been thinking recently about distributed content experiences--ways for people to interact with museum content (art, history, science, etc.) There are a zillion apps for making your own tours, podcasts, maps, or QR code-infested games. Are you going to use it to scan for public art near you?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

"Organizations will pay significant consequences if they don't work openly, honestly and proactively with government and society. Robin Nuttall : There is simply a lot of value at stake for business in connecting well with society, and by society we mean a whole range of external stakeholders—government, academics, NGOs.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Even if you're using a content management system like WordPress or Drupal, by incorporating APIs, you can further enhance built in app-like functionality to create a highly customized experience. A prime example of what APIs can achieve with relative ease is optimizing content for web visitors based on location. What are APIs?

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. The community, partners, government, are all necessary for really making a change. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! So, organizations need to let the community drive.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

web projects we think the federal government should fund. By civic infrastructure we mean online services which: -help people and government understand and address important social problems; -will be a platform to support or catalyze the innovative work of others to address these problems; -will provide benefits very broadly ?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

CON: can feel disconnected from the primary governance of the museum or can feel like a second-class board overall. We worked with C3ers at the kickoff workshop to map the issues and communities of greatest interest and connection. This map formed the basis for topic definition for subsequent meetings.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This ongoing study has been cited in hundreds of publications, including Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. His team’s responsibilities included unleashing superhero publishing properties, digital, publicity, and franchise management. John Haydon. JohnHaydon.com.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With interactive maps, private meeting scheduling, and a personalized agenda, attendees have everything they need to get more from the event. Easier interactions with the government. The federal government isn’t known for its quick response time, but the direct link from Grants.gov makes it easy to immediately apply for grants.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Numbers are a universal langauge.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2015

TINT allows you to moderate your TINT content streams on the go with the TINT app ( iOS and Android ; free; subscription required). Box offers its content management and collaboration service via its app for all three major mobile platforms, plus a handy text editor for Android. Image : Startup Stock Photos / CC0 Public Domain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

Speakers: Douglas Thomas, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Hardy Merriman, International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Stephen Friedman, MTV U Douglas Thomas: We're closet gamers. This is a great place to do public diplomacy in the gaming world. Do you we teach coders the basic tenets of public diplomancy or vice versa?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

His post was aimed at not-for-profit public media; I have genericized it somewhat ). Because using story well is our great chance in public media to be the leaders of our time. It enables organization to show their constituents that the organization is engaged – the organization measures its impact based upon the content of stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

public information??? " Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content. Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. For me, the web and 2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Some of the largest web ventures are opening the doors to their content by giving savvy scripters direct access to the databases that drive these sites using programatic interfaces or APIs. Want to plot all the Wal-Marts on a map over time ? Would you post your entire collections database as a downloadable file on the public website?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth for many organizations in the nonprofit and government space. Overall, this work has helped empower NRDC’s content managers, engage their audience members in their mission, and amplify their impact.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Why focus on that instead of content, or knowledge or information or anything else? We can provide a map, the vehicle, and even the road snacks, but the community needs to be the driver. Your capacity for change and the opportunities to collaborate are visible through open communication and public information. Why Community?

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This is the third in a series of posts about Paul Light's book Sustaining Innovation: Creating Nonprofit and Government Organizations that Innovate Naturally. It’s a great project that allows us to keep researching and creating content around our collection, and we need about $10,000 per year to produce it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office. submitted by Matthew Zachary Social media healthcare means a revolution in consumer-driven and patient-focused content delivery. With snacks!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. Forum One worked with NRDC this year to redesign their website.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So if you have to leave early or just want to review the content, don’t worry, we’ll get all that good stuff in your hands. So there are some things like that that you might want to consider, especially if you’re maybe looking into government grants. You have the whiteboard that you can map them out.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

As for tactics, well, we mostly relied on “proven” or “successful” efforts; lessons learned from other organizations working in an analog paradigm like government, unions, and churches. The tactics are created based on those limited moving parts – overall strategy and goal, the audience and the content. Analog Tactics.

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