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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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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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Cool Mashup of GoogleMaps for Advocacy via Global s

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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. When you click on a place-mark on Gharbia's Google Maps mashup, a pop-up reveals details, stories and videos of prisoners and their families. in New York City.

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Master Mashup: Viral Marketing from Bob Dylan

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He or she has created one of the most innovative, enjoyable mashups out of a cultural icon. What's a mashup? One fun example is overplot , a mashup that takes quotes overheard in New York City ( the data ) and places them on a Google map (the tool), so you can browse the quotations by address.

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

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A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place. Online, this may mean participants creating their own mashups or using organizational data to construct visualizations. Here’s a chart that may help you figure out what type is best for your next project.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

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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. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

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. Helping People Make Decisions About Place - Movesmart.org. Collecting and Disseminating Information - Ushahidi.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

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Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! NTC will take place in New Orleans March 19-21.

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