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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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The ever popular widgets seen on blogs, for example, take advantage of APIs. Some nonprofits have begun to utilize widgets and other light-weight Internet applications to leverage social networks. To the extent that APIs make widgets possible, these nonprofits benefited from the use of open platform technology.

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Screencast: Using Widgets to Build Community on Blogs Featured on NTEN Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My screencast on widgets is featured in this month's NTEN newsletter in a section pointing to " How To Build Online Community." If you have questions about widgets or want to share your organization???s Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.