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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. Based in the U.K., 4096 Color Wheel :: ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. It has adopted a cyber strategy in its own development that is sustainable and scalable. Taking that process from individual level and extrapolating to national level." Photos of the slides.

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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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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A new copyright exception has been adopted nationwide just a couple of years earlier, the Chafee Amendment (also known as Section 121). Our goal in working with the Internet Archive on the Open Library would be to experiment with a Wikipedia-style “please donate if you can” model to offer a global solution for free to everybody.

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techSoup NetSquared Project to Remix Web for Social Change;

AFP Blog

It is the first-ever public dialog on fostering the adoption of Web 2.0 Daniel Ben-Horin, CompuMentor's President and co-CEO, commented: 'Wikipedia, DeanSpace, MoveOn, Firefox Campaign, craigslist - none of these succeeded because they had faster servers or fatter pipes than anyone else. technologies in the nonprofit sector.

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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! as early adopters rather than the phenomenon being linked to youth." Video, Wikis, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networking Wikiscan let's you see who is editing wikipedia as mentioned in a recent Wired Magazine article.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. Based in the U.K., 360 Panorama :: occipital.com/360/app.

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