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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He has served on multiple charity boards. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can cast your ballot for the projects that you think most effectively use the social web for social change. Aspiration's Social Source Commons. Avatar Action Center. Open Source, Open Standards Video. The complete list of projects can be found here. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Point K.

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Nonprofit Technology Rockstars: Jason Shim

Tech Soup

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He has served on multiple charity boards. He is an instructor in digital media marketing at George Brown College in Toronto.

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People of the Year: US

Have Fun - Do Good

The you that writes blogs, creates podcasts, shares open source applications, creates entries on Wikipedia, posts videos on YouTube, meets friends on MySpace and chats with avatars on Second Life. By now you've probably seen the announcement that TIME has named "you" the person of the year.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Users simply take a photo with their iPhone and add special editing and art effects with one tap. A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars.

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Member Round Up: Full of Information

NTEN

This $10,000 prize is awarded to talented and creative individuals who develop open source software products that demonstrate impressive value to the nonprofit sector. Know an Open Source developer who is pushing the nonprofit sector forward? Her first tip: Use your nonprofit’s avatar as your profile picture!