Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

And nonprofits and lots of others working to benefit the public can use its tools to be able to do their work better. It can inform members of a community of critical information as it happens, and tell an event's story visually with maps, interactive charts, and other visualizations. These folks do astonishing work.

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Benefit Public Develop Tools 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

The ideas can be captured on a flip chart or participants can write them down on sticky notes and post them on a wall. Write them on a flip chart, white board, or slide so everyone can see it. Write the initial topic on a flip chart, whiteboard or slide where everyone can see it. Say the ground rules for brainstorming.

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Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Last year, Rick Bonney and a team of educators and science researchers at the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) tackled this question in a project designed to define the structures and benefits of public participation in science research (download the full report as a PDF here.)

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Model Activities Active Activism 98

NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Honda: Online tools like DabbleDB or Google Spreadsheets also allow sharing data and even building simple charts or applications with them. Because data is powerful! Fortunately, simply choosing Save As.

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Data API Mashup Contest 82

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In this article, we'll look at some examples of nonprofits on the cutting-edge of online mapping and GIS, and how they utilize place-related data to benefit their respective communities. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In this article, we'll look at some examples of nonprofits on the cutting-edge of online mapping and GIS, and how they utilize place-related data to benefit their respective communities. Maps are a tool for visualizing data about place, much like charts are tools for visualizing numeric and financial data.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59