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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Folks at NTEN have been thinking about APIs , and will host a discussion about them on Friday. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application. Be Helpful.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

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LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. One tactic is going online. The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management launched a new blog.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Valentine's Day Edition

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NTEN member organizations US Fund for UNICEF and Feeding America discuss their experiences so far with this online media investment. While we're handing out congrats, nice work, EchoDitto , on the new open source Mother Jones website. Speaking of turning to online media, has your organization invested in online banner ads?

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Collaborative Storytelling and Open Source Interviews

Museum 2.0

A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). But back to my love of the internet. The interview won't happen for about 2 weeks.

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So, first off, one of the interesting things was that there was some initial differences of opinion as to how to define open APIs, and what they were used for. Also, basically, what made an API "open" was that it was free to use, and well documented. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

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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

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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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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