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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Kintera’s Connect has an API that can do some very important things.

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Convio Opens the Kimono

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I wouldn't know an API from Ape if it stood right in front of me beat its chest, but I have seen the results of open APIs in social media apps like Flickr. Last week, the major competitor to Convio, Kintera, announced its "open API" last week. Plaxo, Facebook, Flickr, Google Maps, blogging, forums???and

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? CEO Kintera steps down. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Also see the Top Ten Flickr API Hacks and Top Ten Tips for Getting Attention on Flickr.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rory Gale has a nice post called " Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause " BrandtobeDetermined posts about a UK outfit store that ripped off someone's flickr photos and the community response. The Non-Profit Tech Blog interviews Scott Crowder, Kintera CTO. (If Jon's comments on plone comments.

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Time to find a fundraising solution that can’t be bought

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Like Google buying YouTube , or Yahoo buying flickr. 2 trackbacks } Convio will join Kintera and Blackbaud as publicly traded companies » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 09.01.07 In those situations, generally, the product remains largely the same (with some branding changes over time.)