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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. " The US will use Twitter and Facebook to issue terror alerts – "The U.S. Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. New networks are emerging everywhere.

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Only 3 Days Left: SXSW Interactive Scholarship Program for Nonprofits

NetWits

All ideas will be assembled and shared in a public idea packet once the winners are announced. Generate interest in your organization’s social issue agenda in the absence of a “media worthy” disaster. NetSquared with Amy Sample Ward. You only need an idea – even if you don’t know the technical solution for implementing.

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Data Digest: African Students Using Open Data, Social Impact Bonds, Digital Smoke Signals, and the Data Dilemma

Tech Soup

It was originally published on NetSquared. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief. Data for Public Service Delivery. They are building a network of Pulse Labs to this end, the first of which operates in Jakarta Indonesia.

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Supporting the Red Cross: Social Media Road Block

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has issued a roadblock. encouraging radio stations to simultaneously air public service advertising in support of the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. The Red Cross is asking people to extend the road block to social media space. Here's more ways you can participate.

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Developing Apps with a Community-Centered Approach

Tech Soup

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? Jaeger explains that to be actionable, an idea must be concrete and address a problem or issue. public libraries to the app. public libraries to the app.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Change.org is Hiring Bloggers for Social Action Blog Network

Have Fun - Do Good

Want to blog on an issue you are passionate about for an audience of hundreds of thousands of activists and nonprofit leaders? Want to create the premier online space for your issue and become a leading voice for social action? To apply, go to [link]. I've pasted the blurb below: Hiring Bloggers for Change.org! blogging job activism

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