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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chris Burke is winner of Save the Net viral video contest - check out the video here. Special thanks to the Dresden Dolls and Michael Pope for letting us hack into their awesome work. Next ManorMeta Mashup coming soon, enjoy this for now! ~in Need more inspiration to create video or machinima for social change? Check this out.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: September 4th 2009

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Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Voting's open till Monday! The Rhode Island 501 Tech Club is launching!

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Data Portability for Good

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Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Ensures the survivability of your work.

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Fundraising Ideas

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Here are a few fundraising ideas that I have seen work in the past. Think battle of the bands, a concert, a DJ mashup, or a party that people will pay to attend or have a karaoke night where attendees not only pay to participate but can donate to see your staff sing! General Fundraising Ideas. Auctions are a great way to raise funds.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

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I'm a huge fan of work and the way she thinks - especially after she road the Scare House ride on the Santa Cruz boardwalk with me and did a brilliant reflection on its design. One colleague suggests that users should be able to contribute original work. Blog commenters are contributors, as are people who engage in contests.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! re working with???something There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. NpTech Conversations. It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. It gets your work out there. No, but is more likely to happen is that people will use the work, use the license honestly, and improve the work. The cover is from a remix mashup. It provides a huge return on investment.

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