Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

I just got back from Foo Camp 2009, which was a blast as usual. There were people already doing cool stuff, like InSTEDD and some great work around mashups of humanitarian data in Afghanistan, as well as folks discussing lauching cool new social enterprises (but we can't talk about them yet). And yes, it actually is a camp.

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Afghanistan Michigan Amazon Mashup 133

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. Lots of NTEN folks there, so support them with your votes! ). You should try out their handy DataMasher and, if you like it, vote for it in the contest. Voting's open till Monday!

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Rhode Island NTEN New Zealand Mashup 47

NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. If LIVESTRONG had been able to capture data on everyone who wore their bracelets, they’d have built the largest cancer supporter database in the world. . By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org. During his 4.5

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Data Support Synchronous Mashup 55

Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Between 2006 and 2009, TechSoup hosted open challenges to identify and provide support for innovative projects that harnessed these and other technologies for social good. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation.

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Netsquared Challenge Tech Nepal 36

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. But for many people in the world, especially in developing nations, the data simply isn't available.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. But for many people in the world, especially in developing nations, the data simply isn't available.

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Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

At the end of that panel, we all hoped there would be a larger nonprofit presence on the agenda for this 2009. And yes, indeed, in 2009 there were many more panel proposals. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. What is it?

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Social Media Cancer Jordan Kiva 79