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Unconference: NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data

Tech Soup

List five ways your organization can use APIs and open data to show your impact, coordinate volunteers, and inspire supporters to take action. Attend the Unconference: Netsquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (# 10NTC ) to learn how. No problem.

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Open311: What Nonprofits and Public Libraries Can Gain from Open Government

Tech Soup

A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion on open government data. The event was presented by Twilio and Open 311 , one of the organizations leading the charge to make government data public, accessible, and usable. I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Face-to-Face or Mediated Experience, Open Source Software Communities, and Blog Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What does it mean that one blog has three times as many users as another blog in the nonprofit tech space? Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? Recent studies are finding that for-profit workplaces believe that desktop applications and office documents should not have a social life. I think it means nothing.

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CongressCamp: Where the Hill Meets Web 2.0

Forum One

CongressCamp was an unconference focused on the Congress side of Gov 2.0. The open format encouraged the constructive sharing of varying (and sometimes opposing) perspectives. A variety of topics were discussed, including social media metrics, case studies and best practices, tools and applications, and strategy and planning.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many nonprofits considering starting a blog should look at a team approach so the onus isn't on one person to blog. non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. " Nonprofits and Web2.0 Alexandra Samuels has a terrific post on Best Practices for Nonprofits Using Web.2.0. mean for you?

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Let’s Connect at the NTC!

Amy Sample Ward

It’s that time again: time to meet up at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! NetSquared Open Space (NOS): APIs and Open Data. What : Learn how your organization could use open data and APIs to show your impact, coordinate volunteers, or inspire supporters to take action. Thursday, April 8, 2010. When : 9:00 a.m.

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5 Things Oakland Taught Me about Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

Mai-ling Garcia, the city of Oakland's online engagement manager, put it succinctly: "We're not here to build applications for you, we're here to build applications with you." CityCamp was an "unconference," meaning that the agenda was defined by the participants, who pitched and voted on session ideas.

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