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Great reads from around the web on July 10th

Amy Sample Ward

What we weren’t paying attention to was how we brought the advantages we carry in our offline lives– often defined by race, gender, class, and now, technological access and skill– to that blank canvas." Read the full post to hear both David's take, and suggestions for success from Patrick Meier. "DeadUshahidi’s

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. With a new asset class and a confluence of technologies enabling our software platform, we can now achieve the mission of retrofitting buildings in underserved communities,” said Donnel Baird, CEO.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Boston, Massachusetts: Community Class — Intro to Design Thinking and Prototyping. Seattle, Washington: Social Network Analysis: Mapping Your Nonprofit's Connections.

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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is a lawyer, activist and blogger , and the co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a free, open source, Web mobile-based platform capable of crowd-sourcing, sharing and mapping information in near real time. . It was great to connect with Ory Okolloh – Ushahidi , who I have known for many years.

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Shovel-ready Online Civic Projects #1: Global Development Commons

Forum One

We think there is a whole class of such online projects which can provide a new generation of ?civic We think civic infrastructure for this online age needs to include open-source standards and software which provide a platform or framework for many to use, and which are licensed to allow others to extend and enhance the services.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? open source. "The choice of method for transferring and exchanging knowledge will depend on the audience and the message [but] knowledge is most effectively exchanged when using multiple methodsâ?¦". instructional video. membership.

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Helping Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Haiti

VisionLink

Named Timoun, the Haitian Creole word for child, our solution leverages current open source software solutions and is designed to operate in low tech or bandwidth settings. VisionLink applies world class, flexible software and decades of high stakes consulting and program design and implementation experience.

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