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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

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It originally appeared on NetSquared. The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed. Open Source philanthropy data big data' Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

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TechSoup, Caravan Studios , and NetSquared were on the scene to observe and participate in hackathon events all over the country. The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. freespace], San Francisco.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. Wonder if smashups are eligible?) And if you???re

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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

I rounded up some other resources here and the Shaping Youth Blog did a roundup post with huge pile of green geek, recyclying, and youth education links. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals. Global NpTech.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Global NpTech Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT to those in remote and rural communities in the developing world, mostly in Africa. It's created a line of hardware (ultra low-power computers) and open source software turnkey solutions and installation and support services.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! NpTech Global Kabissa joins Aid for Africa for the third year running! Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. I don't speak or read Japanese. And if you???re