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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Social Networks in Small Places

NTEN

Jen Newmeyer, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina I had a few assumptions I decided to test by talking to some organizations that work locally using social media. Jen Newmeyer from the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina has seen that time and again through her use of Twitter.

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Favorite Free Software

Robert Weiner

Charlie Hunsaker recommended Google Gadgets – an analog clock, local weather, an always available to-do list, current sports scores, Google Search. John Taylor at North Carolina State University recommended PDF995 which installs as a printer driver, allowing you to print to a PDF instead of a printer: [link].

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: April 30

NTEN

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . It allows Philadelphia-area residents to enter their address to get information about their local elected officials and their polling location. Members are in bold.

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Guest Post: Considering a Commons in Collection at the Elsewhere Collaborative

Museum 2.0

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tags: participatory museum guestpost Unusual Projects and Influences. George will respond to comments on this post and is also reachable here.

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Not Business As Usual!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

People who invested in top micro-credit enterprises making low-income housing loans such as Self-Help in North Carolina — good loans, not the predatory ones — realized three or four percent yields, which these days looks pretty good. The top performing asset class for the last year was social investing in opportunity finance.

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Managing Technology Across Multiple Locations

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

A Case Study The YMCA of Triangle Area is a 14 branch YMCA in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, with two camps -- Seagull and Seafarer -- a several hour drive away on the Pamlico Sound. Tags: nptech , thin_client Trying to build a single network in this environment created numerous challenges the Y has had to meet.