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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. The Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB), for instance, has used Ushahidi to document the impacts of oil spills and other petrochemical pollution on human health and the environment. It puts one type of data on a map. Ushahidi's Early Days.

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Vote for the sessions you want at 11NTC

Amy Sample Ward

Join us to examine where your community resides online using a mapping exercise, think about cross-channel best practices, and talk about examples of successful cross-platform community building. We’ll invite three participants to serve as case studies, break up into small groups and collectively map out an online strategy.

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Things We Like (February 2011)

NTEN

The government has also published a map of broadband availability nationwide. Then there's the Freedom Filter , mapping which nations retrict various freedoms -- something that's likely changing even as you read this. Oh, and National Geographic posted a wonderful map showing the top surnames distributed across the country.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

Tech Soup

New Orleans, Louisiana: Glossophobics Anonymous (or How to Hone your Public Speaking Skills). Seattle, Washington: Social Network Analysis: Mapping Your Nonprofit's Connections. Chicago, Illinois: "Not a Scientist" with Dave Levitan. Monday, June 5, 2017. Mississauga, Ontario: Geek Talk — Coffee and Convo.

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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

New Orleans, Louisiana: Putting NOLA on the Product Hunt Map. . ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Vancouver, British Columbia: Digital Storytelling — Production to Distribution. Naples, Florida: Telling Your Story: Using Video as a Medium for Spreading Your Message. Wednesday, July 8, 2015.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. New Orleans, Louisiana: The Mother of All Meetups Returns to Present the Power of the Presentation. Los Angeles, California: WordPress for Nonprofits — Learn from an Expert! Thursday, February 9, 2017.

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[VIDEO] Counting the Costs: Where Capital Campaigns Often Miss the Mark

Bloomerang

Additionally, you know, right now paint’s hard to find, or is becoming harder to find because last year there was an ice storm in Texas and Louisiana, and of which is where most of our paint is refined and made and, you know, shipped out to Home Depot and Sherwin-Williams.