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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

The rise of mobile, social media, crowdsourcing, blogging, and citizen journalism in the mid-2000s created extraordinary new communication and information-sharing opportunities. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Making Smarter Decisions: Five Business Intelligence Myths

NTEN

A good BI strategy would also tell you what sources prompted those downloads (direct emails from you, advertising in online journals, etc.) It's all about mapping data to business needs to make better decisions. You need leadership skills to drive adoption and participation across the organization. What about you?

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us!

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Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Leadership and decision-making come from adoption not from executive authority. If there’s an idea that the community is behind, and a project or plan that’s adopted (whether it’s a new way of operating or a new tool), then it moves forward, regardless of “who” thought it up or campaigned for it. Which technologies support the work?

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

NTEN

The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Let's discuss: join us! What is it?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are lots of alternative gift giving opportunities too, take for example Save the Children gift catalog that lets you and your children explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts make a difference. More information, see this write up from the Wall Street Journal , not quite a gee whiz fantastic endorsement.

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