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The Open Government Directive - Make a Plan for Your Data

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This is a huge opportunity that will help make it even easier for third parties to create valuable applications to aggregate, organize, and visualize government data. However, some are concerned about how far agencies will have to go to transform legacy data, especially when it is in inaccessible formats such as PDF. Stay tuned.

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5 Advantages of Grants Management Software

sgEngage

From applications to reviews to reporting, there are a lot of moving parts to a funding program. With grant applications that automatically populate your grants management system, the information flows seamlessly without manual entry. The person who coined the term “cat herding” may have been a grants manager.

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The Living Library: Using Our Institutions as New Models for Civic Dialogue

Museum 2.0

The Council of Europe youth sector has made the Living Library tool available via this 36-page pdf booklet about organizing a Living Library. On the Living Library website , you can also find sample catalogues, Book application forms, and marketing materials for download. well, you know. Would you use the Living Library?

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gladwell’s assertion that social movements are based on tight ties and online efforts on, say, Facebook, are participatory efforts based on loose ties is simply not true. Use and application of digital tools is a tactical concern– important, but not the endpoint.

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Gov 2.0, Shirky & Local Communities

Amy Sample Ward

David Wilcox and I are getting ready for iterations on Social by Social - the first two being applications of the lessons learned and strategies for using social media shared in Social by Social ( read online or download the PDF for free, or buy your hardcopy ) in local communities and the same for local government.

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