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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. 'Net2 in Action' highlights more than 30 real-life examples of nonprofits using this new breed of Web-based technologies to tackle issues such as reaching and mobilizing constituencies. What Is Web 2.0? Text messaging.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s He has told me that he?s

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s He has told me that he?s

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! " New Realisties in Online Advocacy " tagged and Jason from Democracy in Action. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. Are there others? Global NpTech.

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