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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

I’ve followed and supported the work of Peter Deitz and Social Actions ever since hearing about his passion and ideas a few years ago. I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web.

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Exciting Times for Social Actions

Amy Sample Ward

I have followed the development of Social Actions over the last few years and really believe in the work that Peter, Christine and the community have done to shape a collaborative, open tool that benefits so many people and organizations in all kinds of ways. Learn more and support this work!

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times. Both organizations work in the Caribbean, where sexual minorities face widespread violence, bigotry and marginalization.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

The data is there, and the demand is there; it’s just a matter of doing the work. The Army Research Laboratory in Orlando, Florida (the Silicon Valley of simulation), is, a source tells us, leaning toward specifying xAPI (see below) as the standard for LMS-simulator communication. If implemented, that will make a big difference.

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Hackathons Aim to Improve Aid Distribution and Coordination in Haiti

Forum One

Crisis Camp DC participants work hard to develop applications and tools for relief workers in Haiti. I jumped at the chance to participate, as I have a background in humanitarian emergency analysis and am a self-proclaimed geek. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

" The Ushahidi project was so helpful, it quickly evolved from a one-off web site to an open source "software platform" that any organization can download and customize for similar projects. The resulting website was named "Ushahidi" from the Swahili word for "testimony."

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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

I Collaborate blog has a post about how to lobby for skype in your organization, if you're working internationally. KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. "as part of a LASA Panel she is planning.

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