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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. 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.

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Replacing Mobile Advertising with Real-Time Data

Amy Sample Ward

it actually tells you, with much richer context: I personally love data-map mashups and Qriously uses them brilliantly! The data on these maps shows the number of responses as well as the direction of response, where orange = “data&# and blue = “friends&#. Here’s the response: Personally, I agree!

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Master Mashup: Viral Marketing from Bob Dylan

Museum 2.0

He or she has created one of the most innovative, enjoyable mashups out of a cultural icon. Click the red box above once the video has loaded to see what I'm talking about (thanks to Jim Spadaccini for sharing). What's a mashup? This mashup turns a simple list of quotes into a geographically browsable conversation.

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Congrats to the NetSquared Winners!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The last leg of the journey was to attend the Netsquared Conference (N2Y3) where three winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge were selected by conference participants. Erik shared his excitement in a post over at NetSquared. Ushahidi: Mapping Reports Of Post-Election Violence In Kenya. First Place ($25,000) ???

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. The free sharing of information in ways that allow for new innovation. But I have a first take.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. connecting organizations for shared knowledge, partnerships and coalitions. You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network.

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