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What We Talk About When Talk About Open Data

Tech Soup

Another example includes sharing the location of emergency response equipment such as ambulances and defibrillators — information currently spread across different federal and local agencies — to improve emergency response times. According to the Open Data Institute, open data saved Canada $3.2 Here in the U.S.,

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Second Life and Communities of Practice Group Action Learning Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, that's why I really enjoy being a member of Cpsquared community because I get to explore online technology tools (in this case for online facilitation/collaboration) with really thoughtful people. Each team will be given a different coloured box; your team's task is to hide your box somewhere on Boracay.

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The Living Library: Using Our Institutions as New Models for Civic Dialogue

Museum 2.0

A platform for museum staff to serve as facilitators of safe spaces for difficult conversations? There is only one difference: the Books in the Living Library are human beings, and the Books and readers enter into a personal dialogue. Are you looking for an innovative no-tech way to engage visitors in civic dialogue? I think so.

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