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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1. (See Thomas Friedman?s

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Big Data, Philanthropy, and Health at SOCAP13

Tech Soup

The data is open to anybody or any organization with an interest or mission in government transparency and politics. Planet Labs is hoping that nonprofits as well as government agencies and academic institutions focused on environmental issues will take advantage of this constantly updated visual and geographic data. Data for Health.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments.

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Demographics Are Destiny: How and Why to Diversify Your Staff Now!

NTEN

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Map your network. Once you know the business goals you are trying to achieve, map your network. Mapping your whole network is important. Hire diverse staff!

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

New Orleans, Louisiana: Putting NOLA on the Product Hunt Map. Boston, Massachusetts: What Nonprofits Can (and Cannot) Learn from Wikipedia. Seattle, Washington: Governance Matters: Is Policy Governance for Your Organization? . --> North America. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Seattle, Washington.