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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. ReWrite Oakland. Image 3: ReWrite Oakland, Caravan Studios.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Finding Inspiration and New Ideas for Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gunner also facilitated a brainstorming and affinity mapping exercise to unpack all the possible topics for deep dives in small groups in the afternoon. These techniques are based on human-centered design principles. I always learn something from his participatory style, humor, and techniques. Here’s a few things I learned.

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Bay Localize & Green Roofs: An Interview with Ingrid Severson

Have Fun - Do Good

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. This is in response to global warming and peak oil. Also, it connects the dots with similar projects happening, so people can see where they are on the map. It's basically a neighborhood assessment.

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The Fantastic Five GIS Tools for Nonprofits

NTEN

By Steve Spiker, Director of Research & Technology, Urban Strategies Council As more and more people are bombarded with maps from every media source, many nonprofits find themselves asking “How can we use maps in our work?” – followed by, “Just how hard can it be for us to make maps for our work?”

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. Why should consumers buy Fair Trade Certified products?

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14 Top Nonprofit Websites to Inspire Your Organization

DNL OmniMedia

In doing so, they provide 2,500 meals and 200 bags of groceries for clients in the San Francisco and Oakland area every day. Working together to create global infrastructures for support, the Network promotes the development of more resilient markets and sustainable economic growth for the world’s poor. Nonprofit Website Overview.

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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

Tech Soup

We have certainly seen some examples of maps or charts that the user can interact with, but with the over saturation of static infographic images, 2014 and the plethora of tools emerging that make these options really easy, we will see more organizations using data for storytelling that users can watch, click on, and really explore.