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Remix, Reuse, or Repurpose This Blog Post! Creative Commons Teachable Moment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Remix this Powerpoint. I've been an strong advocate of Creative Commons for the last four years, have written many blog posts , and even taught a workshop or two on "Open Content.". (If They provide tools that let everyone have a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. If you don't know.

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Get ready for GivingTuesday with a cohesive digital campaign 

Candid

This can take a little more preparation but is critical for some donors and increasingly important for grants. Email is one of the most effective ways to reach an audience , and nonprofits have higher than normal open rates (around 26% open rates versus the industry standard of 6%). Level up with demographic information.

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NetSquared Local Events: Week of June 17, 2013

Tech Soup

NetSquared Community Manager Elijah van der Giessen shares notes, slides, and video from the recent Net Tuesday introduction to maximizing your Google Grants budget for nonprofits. Victoria, Canada: NetSquared Victoria: Remixing the Web for Social Change. Maria Zaghi organized a virtual regional meetup as part of the G-Everyone Summit.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. The Iraq War was raging. What Is Web 2.0?

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Dreaming of Perpetual Beta: Making Museums More Incremental

Museum 2.0

Venue as content platform instead of content provider: the museum becomes a stage on which professionals and amateurs can curate, interpret, and remix artifacts and information. The exhibit is planned for years and must open perfect on day 1. No one is going to die if you change a label a few days after opening.

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Meet Miles Maier: London Region ICT Champion

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Being able to hand out grants and see how the money made a difference was satisfying but not always challenging, and on the whole I prefer life on the cutting edge of the non-profit sector, that's where the drive for social change is coming from. Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? You can read about the 'web office 2.0'

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes. Eugene said at the beginning that he would not be sharing any confidential information and that everything is open. The first time open-ended, playful like being on a social network. We knew what was coming. The second-time was more directed.