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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

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We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. Ushahidi has developed multiple software tools now that are in use in well over 100 countries and dozens local languages. Creative Digital Inclusion Work. So much innovation.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

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"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. This panel will explore various innovative and creative uses of social media and online technology to support the local food movement. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

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"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As more and more politicians dive into the world of Social Media, the way we communicate and interact with our local and national representatives is changing. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. submitted by Rachel Weidinger, Common Knowledge.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take photos with your digital camera and share them on your web site or blog and ideally, in Flickr. Growing and Eating Local Foods. Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API Many people are experimenting with mashups using Google, eBay, Amazon, Windows Live, and Yahoos APIs.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

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Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility. We also saw some. " A key message was.