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Majora Carter’s Eco-Entrepreneurship

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Her success fighting against a plan to build a waste transfer station in Hunts Point and then spearheading the South Bronx’s first open-waterfront park in more than 60 years was a turning point. Her broader national goal notwithstanding, Majora remains deeply passionate about and involved in revitalization of the South Bronx.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away.

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An Interview with Jo Lee of CitizenSpeak

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As reported by the Executive Director of N-TEN, Katrin Verclas earlier this week, The Antonio Pizzigati Prize was awarded to George Hotelling , an open source software developer who built CitizenSpeak. By day I'm a principal at Green Machine PR , a marketing and public relations firm that specializes in high tech and green tech.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up

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So, it's due time to give shout-outs where shout-outs are due: Members converging online: Care2 , Allyson Kapin , and the National Women's Law Center , all NTEN members, offer a great case study on using Google Grants. Shannon Turlingtion blogs about wikis , Open Source, and changing the way we "manage" participation.

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Top 10 Panels at Nonprofit Technology Conference - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Thanks to the Internet, open data efforts, and open source software projects, a variety of free and low-cost tools are now available that allow NPO/community group staff to dive into mapping. Until recently, these tools were too complicated and expensive for most nonprofit staff to use.