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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. While at first it may feel a little narcissistic, it is a clever and moving exhibition of your Facebook life – and one of the few Facebook apps I have recommended that anyone add on Facebook. It is a must download!

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Google Maps. 'Net2 in Action' highlights more than 30 real-life examples of nonprofits using this new breed of Web-based technologies to tackle issues such as reaching and mobilizing constituencies. Citizen journalism. Podcasting.

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What’s Missing from Your Ecosystem?

NetWits

When you think about it, the idea of an ecosystem can be applied to many things in life. Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. Teaming up with a local nonprofit to map out a historic walk. What’s an Ecosystem?

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Things We Like (October 2011)

NTEN

We've also got some more great resources on our blog – on how to tell stories with maps , video , even paid advertising ! Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. By now, you've surely heard his thoughts on death as "life's change agent". will keep you occupied for seconds at a time. Lots of seconds.

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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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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

It also can map turn-by-turn directions for you. I don’t think I’ve really gotten over seeing the 2009 documentary film, Transcendent Man , about the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, author of the book The Singularity is Near. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. You can also take a picture by winking your right eye.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Blogging (Wordpress), microblogging (Twitter), video-sharing (YouTube), photo-sharing (Flickr), podcasting (Blog Talk Radio), mapping (Google Maps), social networking (Facebook), social voting (Digg), social bookmarking (Delicious), lifestreaming (Friendfeed), wikis (Wikipedia), and virtual worlds (Second Life) are all quite different from each other (..)