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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front. And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. 6 Comments | by Share Article in Guest Blogs , Social Networking Reader Comments (6) Justin, thanks for publishing this. I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. 6 Comments | by Share Article in Guest Blogs , Social Networking Reader Comments (6) Justin, thanks for publishing this. I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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Mashups with Social Impact for the NetSquared Mashup Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. Sharing Content is freely available for use and reuse. Openness - ????A It's messy.

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NetSquared Mashup Challenge: How Do You Combine Data for Social Change?

Have Fun - Do Good

We're hosting a contest called the NetSquared Mashup Challenge that I wanted to let you know about, and am hoping that you'll pass on to social changemakers and web innovators in your community. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Guest Post from Museums and the Web: Bryan Kennedy

Museum 2.0

Sharing Authority.or It was refreshing to see a wide array of projects and presentations that put sharing authority at the center of the visitor experience. Who's sharing authority and how? Efforts like Freebase , which hopes to be the wikipedia for data, are giving communities the ability to collaboratively share data.

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