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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

(Please visit the site to view this video). The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. Asia and Pacific Rim. Central and South America.

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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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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

According to Wikipedia , Geocoding is "…The process of finding associated geographic coordinates (often expressed as latitude and longitude) from other geographic data, such as street addresses, or zip codes (postal codes). Have a look at the perspectives of those involved in the project in the video below.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Naples, Florida: Telling Your Story: Using Video as a Medium for Spreading Your Message. Mozilla Festival East Africa (MEA15). Asia and the Pacific Rim.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Tell Your Story, Literally!

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Reveal Change. Provide Context.

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Data and Story Telling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

Forum One

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Reveal Change. Provide Context.

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