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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits. TechSoup has made some of Ushahidi's new data management tools available to nonprofits, including Ushahidi Surveyor and Ushahidi Responder. Check out Ushahidi Surveyor.

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Open Social != Open Data

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Social != But it’s the remixing of data from many networks that provides the real win for users and nonprofits. { O’Reilly doesn’t really have an answer for that one. Be Helpful.

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Fundraising Ideas

Tech Soup

There are three obvious and often forgotten tricks to having a successful fundraising event. Make your fundraising event unusual or fun. Always start with your audience and what draws them to an event, then tailor your fundraising event to them. Hold a music related event. Host a dinner or breakfast.

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Theatre Flashmobs on YouTube and Swarms of Theater Goers on FourSquare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

  I've written about  how nonprofits can use it , including arts organizations like the Brooklyn Museum as chronicled on Shelley Bernstein's blog. In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api. Create a custom “leader board” to display on site at an event you are holding (e.g.

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How to choose a CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology How to choose a CRM March 26, 2008 I’ll be doing a webinar on open source CRMs tomorrow. I’m glad to see that. Be Helpful.

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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. If you're in southern New England, join Kathleen Malin of the Rhode Island Foundation and Deborah Elizabeth Finn for the kick-off event this month ! Voting's open till Monday!

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Why is this good news for nonprofits? We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. And just like OpenSocial was a great answer to Facebook, this is a great answer to the iPhone. Be Helpful.

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