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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

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I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. I went to cover one session, “ Building An Information Infrastructure: Unlocking Data for Philanthropy.” gpf13 #philanthropy. Notes from Session.

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How Carnegie Corporation of New York Got Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup

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She is also on the board of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG). TAG is a membership organization composed of foundation techies who share information about their work in the philanthropy sector. Loretta actually found out about the new Microsoft donation eligibility rules for foundations through a TAG webinar in January.

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How do you define Creative Commons Attribution?

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Earlier this week, I wrote a post called " What happens when you set your content free using Creative Commons Licensing? " I explained why I set my own work free, provided some examples, and pointed to a new tool. The First Giving Blog has a post " Riffing On Creative Commons License ". And how do you respond?

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TechSoup Global and Microsoft: Leveraging Technology for Social Change

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Over at Beth Kanter's new blog, she's written up an interesting piece about Microsoft's corporate social responsibility (CSR), philanthropy, and how they leverage, strengthen, and empower social change agents with technology. Tags: Acquiring Technology Digital Divide Event Grants for Technology International Services Software.

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How The James Irvine Foundation Received Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup

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As a board member of the Technology Affinity Group , I was aware of the policy changes and so Loretta Harris of Carnegie Corporation and I asked for TAG to host a how-to webinar on Microsoft donations through TechSoup. I attended the TAG webinar, which outlined the steps and procedures for using the donation program.

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The Internal is the new External: EDF Business Innovation Exchange

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For more context, see Networks and Philanthropy Exploration and the most recent release of the Working Wikily paper from Monitor Institute. Witzel says other transparent behavior includes: Creative commons licenses on the web site. Tags: transparency. Sharing internal presentations on slideshare.

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Guest Post by JD Lasica -- Socialbrite: A new sharing & learning hub

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We'll be republishing some of these articles on learning wikis, and everything here is released under a Creative Commons license, so we hope you'll take part in this ecosystem of sharing. Tags: community guest blogging online communities. You’ll notice that we’re not starting from scratch.

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