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Open Source Thinking: A Remix Wikitation of Marnie Webb's Ten Ways To Use Web2.0 Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm trying to embrace two ideas here - the idea of open source thinking and wikitation. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing.

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NetSquared Local Events in the First Half of August

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Kevin Lo reports from San Francisco’s latest event, Open Source and Open Data in Action. Image: Parallel Session F , creative commons licensed on Flickr. Event social media open data NetSquared tsevent crowdfunding' What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? What is a social presentation ?

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

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Flickr Photo: h.koppdelaney Transparent. Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. Their theory is that anything they build has to be built open source, so that the taxpayers can access and use any innovations. Participatory. Collaborative. We want to rock the sector.).

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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 Daily Rebellion blog gives nonprofits some tips for using MySpace for members and money.

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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

Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! Zen and the art of nonprofit technology wonders about Open Source Feminism. Join the Conversation and Debate On Open Content for Nonprofits. license and you are encouraged to use, remix, and forward, with the appropriate attribution! More pointers to NTC posts here.

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I look for patterns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo from AussieGal. Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "BY" license. It is also becomes my muse and a key source of inspiration. Flickr photo by Markopolos - CC "by" License. I often use flickr as a pre-writing tool, often searching by tag clusters to think through the idea.

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Free Graphics Software and Images

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is a free open source application. Inkscape is another free open-source program that does much of what Adobe Illustrator. At TechSoup we’re big fans of the Flickr's Creative Commons page to find photos and videos we can use. Images: Image one: Ianaubry on Flickr Creative Commons.

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