Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

I'm kept up to date by traditional means too - like this Wired article. Check out the Tunisian Prison Map. Tunisian exile Sami Ben Gharbia is the creator of the Tunisian Prison Map -- an idea inspired by a New York Times interactive map charting murder locations. in New York City.

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Mashup Global New York City New York 50

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api.    As KD Paine , Social Media Measurement Goddess says in a recent article about ROI, most social media efforts fail because they fail to measure success (or failure).  They're running it in connection with a show promotion.

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YouTube Badge Museum Mashup 95

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. This GreenLiving article asks, “Have Facebook, Twitter and Web 2.0 You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network.

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Green Mashup Aggregator Org 102

NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The result displays in table format as well as visualized on an interactive shaded map of the US. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. You may be reading this article right now thinking, “Yeah, I get it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! is one of the first non-profit organizations to take this approach online. And the results have been impressive. In so doing, it has had more impact for less cost.

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