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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan , the driving force behind OpenAction.org , which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have. The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice.

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How KaBOOM! Is Using a Networked Approach To Scale Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! In so doing, it has had more impact for less cost. Programs that are really complex, or which rely on tacit knowledge or specialized expertise, are harder to transfer to the online environment.

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

connecting organizations for shared knowledge, partnerships and coalitions. Otherwise we have settled for low impact and disengaged motions; I’m after a real movement! You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network. It’s not going to work.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. Their mission is to link the world’s knowledge in the same way that all of the world’s web pages have been linked to one another. I knew I wanted to be in the session even without really knowing why.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. Making (and Mapping) An Impact Where It's Needed Most - Humaninet.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Organizations around the globe are harnessing these tools and data to mobilize supporters, tell their stories and the stories of their constituents, and to share knowledge with people and communities everywhere. Making (and Mapping) An Impact Where It's Needed Most - Humaninet.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are several learning cohort groups, including one on better understanding network impact. What domains of impact should be considered (e.g. impact of the crowd-produced product, impact on the crowd / community)? 1) Creating collective knowledge or wisdom. What do you track? 2) Crowd Creation.

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