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NpTech Tag Summary: Best Wishes for Healthy, Happy, and Social 2008!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chronicle of Philanthropy has a roundup of predictions for 2008 from. Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." And finally, Chris Brogan focused on needs for 2008. What are the nptech social media needs for 2008? Let's take a look. And if you???re

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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. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. These folks do astonishing work. So much innovation. Creative Digital Inclusion Work.

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#11NPD: Rethinking Movement Buildling

Tech Soup

Moderated by NTEN membership director, former NetSquared organizer, and friend of TechSoup Amy Sample Ward , "Rethinking Movement Buildling" brought together three luminaries from organizations whose stock-in-trade are movements to promote social change. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

We provide a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Anyone in or outside of Haiti could use the tool via the web or on a mobile phone to make reports with voice, text or video; the reports were then mapped and sources verified.

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Nonprofit Blogging Burning Questions and Answers

Have Fun - Do Good

I originally wrote this post for the NetSquared Blog. Earlier in the month I taught a Nonprofit Blogging 101 workshop at the 2008 Making Media Connections Conference. But blogs are all about authenticity, transparency and the voice of a real person. How do you handle a blog with multiple voices? Be controversial. *