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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations. One interesting feature is that users can leave ratings and reviews for the healthcare providers.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people.