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Net Neutrality Open Source Documentary

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. He is encouraging people to download and remix it or spread it. Reminds of the exquisite corpse like games we used to play on Arts Wire ten years ago with images. All of the video clips came from searching ???

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Some Thinking Outloud About Open Content for Nonprofits and Penguin Day Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year, I'm staying in on for Penguin Day and am facilitating sesion on Open Content and Nonprofits. While there is much discussion about the promise of "Open Source" software, there is arguably more promise and potential in creation and utilization of "Open Content" for nonprofit needs.

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Meet Miles Maier: London Region ICT Champion

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For me, the key is going to be showing how online tools can be applied to everyday tasks, like the s ocial media game developed by David Wilcox , which aims to show organisations how they might apply online tools or new media to their business. Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? The question are web 2.0

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Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. What are the tactics for supporting online open source communities? What is the gensis of an open source community?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. The BuzzMonitor is an open source application that "listens" to what people are saying about the World Bank across blogs and other sites in order to help the organization understand and engage in social media.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Nonprofit SXSW Goodness – Conference List Toppers, To-Dos and Topics of Interest

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Games for Good panel Monday, March 15 at 12:30 PM – “You made an amazing, educational, and progressive game using the latest in gaming technology- now how do you get people to actually play it? In fact, Karaoke is a core part of our reMix culture and this panel will show you how.