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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. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. New Ushahidi Services for Nonprofits.

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The NonProfit Matrix: Directory of Online Service Providers for Nonprofits | NonProfit Matrix

AFP Blog

The NonProfit Matrix: Directory of Online Service Providers for Nonprofits | NonProfit Matrix: "TechSoup has published a handy guide for nonprofits getting started with Google Maps and Google Earth mapping tools and mashups."

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Theatre Flashmobs on YouTube and Swarms of Theater Goers on FourSquare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been preparing for a Leadership Conference with TCG (Theatre Communications Group, the service organizations for theatre companies) on strategic social media. In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api. "      Other ideas include a special Museum badge.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application.

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Data Portability for Good

NTEN

The result displays in table format as well as visualized on an interactive shaded map of the US. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. This elevates you from just somebody with data to a service on which the rest of the community depends.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. The information would be compiled and displayed in real time online on a map. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation. We got to know Ushahidi mere months after the platform launched.

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10NTC Science Fair Preview - Giveaways, More Giveaways and Free Apple iPads

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Oh, and just in case you want to plan your prize route, here's a map. We're a GIS software development firm, and we'd love to share with you how you can use the power of geographic information systems -- beyond just displaying dots on a map. Then stop by the MemberHub booth and learn more about their service. in booth 77.

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