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Open Data and Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

Here on the TechSoup blog you have heard from an accidental hacker at a hackathon , our Senior Director of Global Data Services formerly from the Ford Foundation , and also our data digests from our colleague at GuideStar International on the power of data. Check out the Netsquared blog for a detailed write-up.

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Great reads from around the web on January 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Submissions close January 22, 2010." " My favorite lesson?

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The Networked Nonprofit Book Arrived!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My son, Harry, who is in video making summer camp, decided to make a little movie of me opening the book! Today, I taught a workshop in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz and supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Hosted by NetSquared. Free Webinar with Care2. Details here.

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Win A Free Ticket To WomenWhoTech Annual Telesummit on 9/15

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The summit provides a supportive network for the vibrant and thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and insights. Johnson of the Advertising Research Foundation and Tara Hunt, author of the Whuffie Factor. Here’s the list of panels.

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TechSoup Global Summit Day 1: Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been involved with TechSoup/Netsquared Network since its inception back six years ago and so it is nice to be part of the narrative arc. I was invited to facilitate an opening plenary with three people who have lived inside successful networks for a couple of years to think big about the power of networks.

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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). Some tweeted.

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Great reads from around the web on February 3rd

Amy Sample Ward

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter. Its seven other backers include Yahoo!,

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