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What We Talk About When Talk About Open Data

Tech Soup

Five years ago, the city of Portland, Oregon followed the precedent set by San Francisco and Chicago when it opened its data to developers. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.). Businesses have also begun to move toward using open data, as have scientists.

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Build Your Storymaking Skills with Free Events and Webinars

Tech Soup

We also have a contest in which we're giving away US$7,000 in cash prizes and a new camera (but don't be afraid to start with the cell phone in your pocket!). Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Month Kickoff. Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Part II. Chicago, Illinois: Digital Storytelling Month Kickoff.

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Get Help in Telling the Story of Your Nonprofit's Impact

Tech Soup

And if that isn't enough, TechSoup is also running a contest with $10,000 in cash prizes. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Chicago, Illinois: Net Neutrality. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Check out the #Storymakers2017 page for all the details.

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11NTC Science Fair Preview: Giveaways and Even More Giveaways!

NTEN

Every visitor who signs up will get the chance to win a little taste of our home city of Chicago with a deep dish pizza gift basket from the world famous Lou Malnati's Pizzeria. Here’s a great opportunity to participate in SmartOnline’s ‘Invent Your Mobile App’ Contest, and explore these possibilities! Smart Online, Inc.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is an idea closely tied with the term user-generated content and creative commons licensing. has made it easy for content creators to share or protect their work by developing flexible and voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright licenses for creative works. Here's how the Creative Commons licenses work.

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