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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

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NpTech Conversations Convio Opens Up API Jason at DIA summarizes the posts and the bigs news in the nptech field this last week - Convio Releases An Open API. Jason at DIA tagged it with this note: "The most universal piece of advice about using social networks for fundraising and friendraising is to start small."

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

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Here's a roundup of recent additions: Social News for Social Good is about how to build buzz with Digg by Jonathon Coleman and the slide show he presented at Forum One - Social Sites for Social Good. The presentation describes the benefits of using Digg and shares some before/after results. Haven't dug into Digg yet?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

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Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Open Content, Online Privacy, and Virtual Worlds Where Most Needed points out that few US Universities jump on MIT's Free Courseware Bandwagon. Deadline is March 2n.

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Building Community with Open Source

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Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. We want friends lists, favorites, ranking with stars, and perhaps ranking like Digg does. Open source software reacts to rapidly changing technology. What do we want? Forums and blogs too!

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

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Creative Commons points out the projects that support free culture and open content on their site and on. There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also found in the NpTech tag stream and a good backdrop to this conversation is " When the best tool for the job. Marshall Kirkpatrick points us a tag 'PrezConference" for YouTube users to record their questions for the candidates on YouTube. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. public information???

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WeAreMedia Webinar on September 23rd: Choose Your Own Adventure

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Opening Plenary: 45 minutes. Goal: To understand how to use tools like Twitter and Digg to quickly and virally spread your organization’s messages. Tags: wearemedia. Experience a variety of social web tools that are essential in listening/engaging, storytelling, generating buzz, and online networking. Break: 10 minutes.

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