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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes.

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App Resources for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

Thanks to a grant from Microsoft , TechSoup's App It Up project investigated the kinds of apps nonprofits and libraries are using to engage their constituents, tell their stories, and get their work done. How would apps benefit your nonprofit or library? Does it make sense to build your own app? Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michelle Murrain is doing a post about 100 free and open source software tools. There's also the DiSo Project , an umbrella for a group of open source implementations of distributed social networking concepts. Her selection criteria. Here's here write up on word press. Meanwhile, across the pond, Susie muses about GIMP.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How would you organization cope with a natural disaster? Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. Valued open-source software that is cheap, flexible, easy and multi-featured. With so much information coming out, how we can get our message out and heard?

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Forum One Staff Share OpenGov Ideas

Forum One

Advancing students would be granted a paid summer internship at the Department of State ensuring that the reward is linked to both their educational and professional development. Disaster Response. International Disaster Community of Practice. Public Social Media Platform for International Disaster Response.

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