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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

You can learn more about John and OpenAction in the interview below. I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time. ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data.

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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. It has been incredibly exciting to see how open source projects like Social Actions tend to grow in fits and bursts, depending on the demands and resources made available by users.

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Collaborative Storytelling and Open Source Interviews

Museum 2.0

A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). I emailed Elisa and asked if I could interview her for the blog. Don't let me rule the interview.

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

Tech Soup

Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

Superstar NTEN member Amy Sample Ward interviews Clay Shirky -- NTC09 Plenary Speaker and author of Here Comes Everybody -- about how social media will affect the future of nonprofits, specifically about how nonprofits are (and should be) communicating with their members/supporters. One tactic is going online.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: Valentine's Day Edition

NTEN

While we're handing out congrats, nice work, EchoDitto , on the new open source Mother Jones website. Marc Osten interviews Gavin Clabaugh -- two NTEN superstars, I must say! Congrats to Jon Stahl , from One/Northwest , for being a contributing author to a new book on Plone.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success. One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective.

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