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Speaking of open social networks …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking of open social networks … August 14, 2008 I just joined identi.ca. at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 You can log in using OpenID.

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Economically, open looks better than closed

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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IP Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There is a very interesting PDF floating about with a powerpoint presentation by the CEO of the RIAA about the copyright/filesharing, etc. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { I’m looking forward to the Crooks and Liars channel! Be Helpful.

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online. To the extent that APIs make widgets possible, these nonprofits benefited from the use of open platform technology. Frogloop: What is Open? If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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How do you define Creative Commons Attribution?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lucy Bernholz , on her Philanthropy 2173 Blog , wrote a post called " Foundations Set Your Content Free where she shares an interesting historical perspective of open sourcing your work. She describes several different systems and share economies. As I responded in the comments, I run across a lot of abuse.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Reform Copyright. Genève, Switzerland: TEDx Geneva: Comment Faire pour Évoluer? Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities. Oxford, United Kingdom: The Open Data Event.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

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an open class discussion, or a traditional front-of-room lecture from your teacher? While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. Comment Notification. Subscribe to this posts comments using RSS.