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UniversalGiving: Impact, with a little help from friends (SocialActions)

Amy Sample Ward

UniversalGiving is making great impact on communities around the world, both in the work, funds or volunteer efforts contributed to individuals and groups via their platform, but also in effectively and passionately empowering donors and volunteers to contribute. maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact.

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From the Collective Desk of NTEN Discuss

NTEN

KnowledgeTree excites me because it's an open, LAMP system that I'll be able to easily integrate with custom development here, such as our case information system and a recruiting frontend that we're developing for the web site. There seems to be a unique human desire to drive to the absurd when it comes to cataloging.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The project was originally funded by Microsoft for the Transforming Communities of Practice grant. The Hacker Helper project is closely aligned with our NetSquared vision of bringing communities together to solve social problems – including nonprofits, beneficiaries, activists, technologists, concerned citizens. See the map here.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NpTech Community. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. "Laura is not creating media, as the Social Source blog suggests one ought, to lure you into her site. " Findhabeas. Freecharity.org.uk

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. starting to act more like China than the home of the free. Endangering Human Rights Activists. Wonderful stuff. government or even (heavens!) Let’s not do this as a country.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if networked better and created stronger communities of practice? Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. Breakout Session 1 Jenny Kapp, Community Connections Australia - Get ConnectED: Weaving A New Social Web for People with Disabilities.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. starting to act more like China than the home of the free. Endangering Human Rights Activists. Wonderful stuff. government or even (heavens!) Let’s not do this as a country.

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