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

Tech Soup

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better. Ushahidi's tools help others act for transparency, justice, crisis response, and human rights.

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Predictions for 2009

Amy Sample Ward

Mashups are great. But I think 2009 will see a more refined world of mashups take over. We have seen plenty of mashups where a website is able to push together a mapping tool, some public data, and user-created content like comments. Mashups of applications and spaces, not just information. I love them!

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Data Portability for Good

NTEN

The result displays in table format as well as visualized on an interactive shaded map of the US. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. With all the great tools available, all of us can be experts! Why make your data portable?

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network. Use the tool for what it is: a communications platform.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

Oh, and just in case you want to plan your prize route, here's a map. 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. Call2Action's Sparkâ„¢ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

NTEN

Oh, and just in case you want to plan your prize route, here's a map. 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. Call2Action's Sparkâ„¢ combines video with action tools in one shareable widget.

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Social Business Relationship Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This graphic is a mashup of Priscilla Brisbane's illustration of Levels of Engagement in advocacy campaigns with this blog post from the Social Organization's blog about how how business relationships and how technology helps or hinders. I wonder if you can map specific tools to specific stages? The second stage is recognition.