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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. I use the " BY Attribution " creative commons license. I've used this license. I still sometimes see rather blank expressions when I ask about turning to CC licensed resources to find photos. It gets your work out there.

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

NTEN

All of the content produced and published by the New York State Senate is published under a Creative Commons license. Again, if it's built with public money, the public has the right to use it. The public will help you get it the rest of the way." Will it be problem free? Is it worth striving for?

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What We Talk About When Talk About Open Data

Tech Soup

billion in charity tax fraud, and, in a more pedestrian example, a woman in Denmark used government datasets to build a website showing all the public toilets across the country. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.). According to the Open Data Institute, open data saved Canada $3.2 Here in the U.S.,

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

Tech Soup

Our contest begins today, August 29, 2016, and closes September 11, 2016. The Challenge is open to all nonprofits and public libraries in the world that have received Symantec product donation(s) and are currently using the product. (a) Now is the time to send in your nonprofit's story! Eligibility. a) Nondiscrimination.

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

But, besides all the publicity, what’s in it for me? Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Interesting proposition. Think you could make good use of a shiny new tablet?

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Bridging the Digital Divide? Tell Us About It!

Tech Soup

To enter the contest, just answer a few questions on our “Success Stories” submission page ! Although there is only one winner in this contest, there are certainly no losers. Alright you got me, I’m in. What’s next? Great question. The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels.

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Calling all Faith-Based Organizations! Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

states of Maryland, North Dakota and Vermont; the Canadian province of Québec; and in any and all jurisdictions where skill contest advertising promotions are prohibited or restricted by law. This Challenge is void in the U.S. Submission Restrictions. (a) a) In General. Limit one submission per organization.