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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

I think the most important part of designing a competition that leverages crowdsourcing is to strike a balance between too many voices, and too few. That sounds like it is easier to creating a crowdsourcing event or call for the crowd instead of a community; and maybe it it. Public voting process. What do you think?

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data. Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global.

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Basic Blogging for Women-REVISED

Have Fun - Do Good

Rose Aguilar from Bay Area Business Woman interviewed me recently for an article entitled, "Women's Voices Boom in the Blogosphere." I started thinking, sounds like there are a lot of women out there who would like to start a blog, but don't know how. about the Basic Blogging for Women Workshop October 22, 2006 here.

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

Have Fun - Do Good

Need headphones to monitor sound. Electro-Voice Microphone 635A. About $270 on Amazon.com. Built-in mike MicroTrack 2 by M-Audio. About $270 on Amazon. Comes with a microphone, or you can buy a better quality one. Use with MicroTrak. 120 on Amazon Headphones. You can usually use any kind of headphones (Walkman, iPod, etc.).

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One Way to Create a Podcast

Have Fun - Do Good

Because of my husband's work, I had access to professional sound equipment: A Marantz PMD 660 Solid State Digital Recorder, (another professional option is an M-audio recorder ), a dynamic microphone, Electro-Voice 635A , and a cable to connect the microphone to the computer.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

Now, three hundred bucks a year doesn't sound like a lot of money, right? It sounds pretty cheap to you and me. So our voice makes a difference, and one of the biggest ways that people can help is simply by buying Fair Trade products and asking for them. Business 101: Listen to your customer.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

Have Fun - Do Good

I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. Use your voice! Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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