Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

People who can touch API's out there have been fooling around with trying to extract data from the NpTech tag for analysis as well as think about ways that we can make the data that has been tagged more filtered via social search, collaborative filtering, and whatever else. Deborah Finn's thoughts on the NpTech Tag Mashup.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data. It ended up winning the competition, $5,000 and lots of exposure.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Along with its original crisis mapping work, now called Ushahidi Tracker , Ushahidi has developed new mapping and data management tools. TechSoup has made some of Ushahidi's new data management tools available to nonprofits, including Ushahidi Surveyor and Ushahidi Responder. It puts one type of data on a map.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

Here's the lowdown: Apps for America will award developers for the best applications, based on data from Sunlight and its partners, that make Congress more accountable, interactive, and transparent. > You can find more information at [link]. " Duh: the NTEN community! > Learn more about the contest at [link].

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2009

In a post on his blog, Logic + Emotion , David Armano mentions that 60 to 65% of people are visual thinkers , meaning that they do their “thinking through visual processing using the part of the brain that is emotional and creative to organize information in an intuitive and simultaneous way.” Information Aesthetics.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. In this article, we'll look at some examples of nonprofits on the cutting-edge of online mapping and GIS, and how they utilize place-related data to benefit their respective communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2007

* There was a connected desktop app that every citizen who owned a computer could download that would be their window into their information ??? For those without personal computers, they could login to a secure website to access and change the information. It would be mobile compatible with data in/out abilities.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. In this article, we'll look at some examples of nonprofits on the cutting-edge of online mapping and GIS, and how they utilize place-related data to benefit their respective communities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

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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NTEN

JULY 1, 2009

Disruptive Technology #2: Data Deluge. You know how I feel about data. Data, when handled properly, becomes intelligence -- and intelligence makes us better at our jobs, which makes the world a better place! First, they need to focus on data storage. IT managers will also have to figure out data de-duplication.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Last year, Rick Bonney and a team of educators and science researchers at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) tackled this question in a project designed to define the structures and benefits of public participation in science research (download the full report as a PDF here.) Science has an answer.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2010

2010 is the first year that the NMC has released a museum-specific report, but previous reports have been informed by museum professionals (as well as other educational technologists). From my perspective, the Horizon Report's value is in its quick technology descriptions and links, not its predictive power.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Everybody thought it was amazing that you could have everything -- hardware, software, and data -- on a server under your desk. Services: Pieces of common functionality that you can mashup with your applications (e.g., Companies such as Amazon.com and Salesforce.com spend millions on infrastructure to secure your data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. Handheld Awesome Detectors: Sustainable Apps Making more sustainable choices is getting easier with help ubiquitous information, thanks to passionate geeks.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're a GIS software development firm, and we'd love to share with you how you can use the power of geographic information systems -- beyond just displaying dots on a map. and if you want to talk about how to display stuff on maps and create effective Google Map mashups, we can do that too! Bicknell Information Group in booth 75.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're a GIS software development firm, and we'd love to share with you how you can use the power of geographic information systems -- beyond just displaying dots on a map. and if you want to talk about how to display stuff on maps and create effective Google Map mashups, we can do that too! Bicknell Information Group in booth 75.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. This can inform. Adding a new data point to it. How will you apply the information?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. The audience will have ample opportunity to ask questions and respond. With snacks!

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

A New Trend: Diggin' Data The new year brings some new trends in how people are using the web and with them brings new realms for museums to explore. You don't need Wal-Mart's permission, just an API and a source for the data. Data is also getting stored in new places. So what's next? What if the government said you had to?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 14, 2009

In short, he knows me by my actions relative to the gym, and he can offer me custom information based on my past behavior. When you make an audio mashup, your voice is part of the mix. At the Lab, your profile is a simple cache of personal data you can draw on as collaborator, co-creating the exhibit content. Not so at museums.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2007

Influence Topics Audience Research Collaboration Communication Data & Visualizations Events Government Internet Strategy Jobs Online Community Performance Measurement Recommended Reading Social Media Tips & Trends Tools & Software Get Email Updates Stay in touch with Forum One Forum One Communications 2200 Mt.

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