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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. Let’s start at the beginning: What is Social Actions and where does the API come in? The Social Actions project began in 2006. Earlier this week, I got ahold of Peter to get the full scoop!

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Interview with Rob Wu & Public Launch of CauseVox

Amy Sample Ward

Check out the short interview with Rob below and a preview of some of the functionality launched today! Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder. A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance.

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Engage Donors and Raise More Money with Four Easy Actions

Greater Giving

Donors are inundated with email, and their social media feeds are packed. Get an interview for your leadership on a podcast or radio show to discuss the cause and why it matters. Use different messaging, voice and calls-to-action in each channel to better personalize your outreach and increase the chance of a response.

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Interview: Marshall Kirkpatrick on the Real Time Web Report

Amy Sample Ward

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. First, what does the “real-time Web&# really mean?

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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Since most organizations have supporters who are driven by a range of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, having different strategies that appeal to different types of motivators within a campaign or a series of campaigns will attract the most number of volunteers to take action. One of these ways is live streaming events on social media.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. Where did the idea for OpenAction begin?

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There are two hot issue right now on Craig's social action radar, the new launch of the All For Good website and next weekend's Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp in Berkeley. These sites should be working together using technology like RSS feeds. And All for Good does draw on feeds from other sites. A: More will be revealed.

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