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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And just like OpenSocial was a great answer to Facebook, this is a great answer to the iPhone. 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. Be Helpful.

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

This GreenLiving article asks, “Have Facebook, Twitter and Web 2.0 Facebook has lots of applications, it’s true: whether they are specifically targeted at “green&# efforts (like the lil green patch app) or not (like Causes ). But what are you doing on Facebook? The engagement takes place outside of Facebook.

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Should there be A Nonprofit and Social Change Category on Digg?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I got a message from one of my readers, Ashley Messick, on Facebook about a recent post about Social Actions Twitter for Good Facebook Group and TwitterFeed Mashup I wanted to Digg post about Save the World with Twitter and wasn't quite sure how to categorize it when submitting. to merit something. What do you think?

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management launched a new blog.

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Can Twitter Save the Fail Whales? Err Save the World.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Joe Solomon set up a Facebook Group called Save the World With Twitter. So, this is a Facebook group for people who use or want to use Twitter for good! It was created to celebrate the launch of a new Twitter mashup that makes it super easy to share actions with your friends: (it also works with Facebook!): [link].

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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 ! Social Media A couple of really useful posts on Facebook and Nonprofits. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. NpTech Conversations.

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5 Things for Wednesday

NCE Social Media

News agencies picked it up and used it but few asked permission. If you use Tweetdeck already, you shouldn’t notice much change. 3) Who has rights to photos you post on social media? A woman posted a photo of the latest shuttle launch on a social media site. 4) Hashtags continue to be important in social media.

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