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The NTEN Community is Everyone's Community

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Flickr: vernhart Like many folks in our community, I do not come from a tech background. I didn’t play video games or computer games growing up, other than the required hours of Oregon Trail in elementary school. Technology touches all of our lives now and we see this reflected in our membership.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: December 4th

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(Note: This is a weekly round-up of NTEN members doing and sharing their nptech awesome. Tag your news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . And a shout out to Ash Shepard from TACS/NPower Oregon for building the pretty site. .

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The Future of the Map – With Live Demos of GIS Platforms

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Flickr: °Florian From mapping election violence in Kenya to coordinating disaster response efforts to helping people decide where to live , nonprofits have increasingly used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to support their work. Now, I'd likely just create a Google Map.

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Member Round Up: Fundraising, awards, and.boot camp?

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Flickr: Julia Folsom As the clear skies of autumn give way to winter's moody precipitates here in Portland, Oregon, we can feel cozier by staying connected to our communities. Additionally, the Regional Representative will receive a trip to the 2013 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC.

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NpTech Summary: Slow Wifi and Flickr Massage Edition

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I'm working remotely on an unreliable and slow wifi connection and Flickr has been getting a massage (down for maintenance) for most of the afternoon. Looks like the NpTech community in Portland, Oregon is thriving. I suspect NTEN's presence in Portland has something to do it! In addition, no visuals either.

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Member Round Up: The End is Near!

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Flickr: Sarah_Ackerman What a year, NTEN members! But, for now, check out all the amazing things NTEN member are doing, planning, and asking for in the last few weeks of 2011. The sixth annual SearchFest will be held Friday, February 24 at the Governor Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Anything we missed?

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Building Community with Open Source

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And speaking of images, we want to allow people to add notes like Flickr does. Technology moves at a fantastic rate, and as applications on the Internet become more interconnected, it becomes harder to rely on or wait for proprietary solutions to provide access to, for example, the latest changes in Facebook's API, Flickr, or YouTube.