Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s The GEO project is intended to collect and show data and geospatial information (on maps) of energy resources, generation, transmission, usage, and environmental impacts. GEO will eventually include data, and data on Google maps, for: 1.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. DIAGRAM stands for Digital Image and Graphics Resources for Accessible Materials.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Open source. Co-Create – Shared Content: Mapping, Mosaic, Wiki, Links, Games. Open Source – API. The graphic below illustrates the intensity of resources required for each category. Here are a few social websites that offer different levels of resource integration. VolunteerMatch: Live Map.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing. Indirect Content.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

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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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. Census Bureau and the Peace Corps.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters. One of the main ones that anchors this work is Ushahidi.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Forum One created all of the site's branding elements, developed the site's information architecture, designed its visual look, and built the site using Drupal, a leading open-source content management system. Additionally, a user can view maps for individual counties, such as Fairfax County , Va., See Virginia's table.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. One vendor said that very few nonprofits have the resources to take advantage of APIs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

Data Collecting and Mapping. Prashant and his co-founders identified a need for local data about buildings and real estate in Detroit and discovered that the city was under-resourced when it came to the technical tools needed to collect it. The first presentation was from Prashant Singh, the CTO and co-founder of LocalData.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Rock on open data and mapping! iMentor received funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to offer organizations grants to use iMentor resources. . Upcoming 501 Tech Club Events: Long Island: May 5th, Syosset: Two Speakers: Open Source Software, and HIPPA Requirements. Scariest part?

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

LXPs accomplish this by aggregating a variety of learning materials from different sources and providing artificial intelligence-assisted recommendations to each learner based on their past interests. Learners outline their own path using content discovery tools, content recommendations and pathways, skills mapping, and content indexing.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Helpful resources on Twitter: Pew Internet report. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth. Google Maps & MyMaps. Google Maps API. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well. Google Sketchup.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

It also lists and maps hackathons worldwide. • Mapping • Cloud computing. The NT100 will form the basis for a growing online resource for social enterprises called “The Social Tech Guide." See the map here. • Tracking technology (like GPS) • Translation tools. Sending Money By Email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

The Featured Projects will be going on to the NetSquared Conference and have an opportunity to receive cash, tech and consulting resources. Maps 2.0 ??? Open Source, Open Standards Video [link]. There were 150+ submitted nominations and 3,000+ people voted and 21 projects were selected. Congrats to the list of 21!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

In the world today, one can get good open-source options for each flavor, meaning, point 2, you have a low initial investment. Rapid selection and launch also saves your resources for what you really need [warning - point 4 coming]: time to manage the community itself. Want mapping? Launch something and see what happens.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

In the world today, one can get good open-source options for each flavor, meaning, point 2, you have a low initial investment. Rapid selection and launch also saves your resources for what you really need [warning - point 4 coming]: time to manage the community itself. Want mapping? Launch something and see what happens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2007

This year, I'm staying in on for Penguin Day and am facilitating sesion on Open Content and Nonprofits. While there is much discussion about the promise of "Open Source" software, there is arguably more promise and potential in creation and utilization of "Open Content" for nonprofit needs. or Why Not?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

A traditional rigorous taxonomy scheme includes "synoynm ring" - basically, just a bunch of synonyms mapped together - why not use that to standardize the tags(i.e. It would based on an analysis of all the "words" or tags that people have used to describe resources also bookmarked with nptech.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2010

A We Need/We Have exchange to help get available resources to the people that need them. Open source maps to help aid workers navigate damaged areas and coordinate their efforts. The global teams aggregated their projects in a Crisis Commons -- take a look, I think you'll be amazed at the progress they've made.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. Top Rated Resources at Kikono. NetEquality provides resources for nonprofits government agencies, communities, housing authorities, and CDCs to install their wireless networks. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. and asking for ideas.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Some excellent resources emerged from this discussion, so I thought I'd share highlights here and invite you to join the conversation on the NTEN Discuss list. (If This is exactly what Beau Elston, Riverfront, Inc. used the group for last week, asking about his project to evaluate and implement an organization-wide document management system.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2007

WiserEarth tracks the work of nonprofits around the world | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone: "WiserEarth, which launched in May, is an open-source database of more than 107,000 do-good organizations, with 5,400 users around the world. Users can create and maintain profile.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

In less than a month, volunteers across the country, with no other resources than their know-how and volunteer time, built www.twittervotereport.com to stream individual messages from Twitter and that will aggregate messages into maps and graphs. Matt Cooperrider, a key architect of the effort, called Twitter Vote Report ???the

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Open-Source Software for Charities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

If you want to be see photos being posted to flickr via a moving and zooming map interface, check out flickrvision - it rhymes with twittervision. Webinars about personal fundraising (with Kevin Bacon) and Open Source Software (Michelle Murrain) over at NTEN next week.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Mapping Social Media Strategy To Metrics: Listen, Learn, Adapt Designed by Beth Kanter | Beth’s Blog Communications Track - Plaza Room A The session will share an overview of why the sequence listen, learn, and adapt is critical to implementing a successful social media strategy. April 27 , 2009 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 3.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online. YouTube , Google Maps , DIGG , TypePad , MySpace , Facebook , Plaxo, or Salesforce , then youve likely run across an API. If youve ever used My Yahoo!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

And to support these enhancements, Benetech will develop new visualization, mapping and other features to the Martus software that can help human rights groups better understand their data and communicate their findings.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Catholic Relief Services is leading a partnership with the Institut duBien-Être Social et de Recherches (IBESR) , the Government University Department of Social Work and VisionLink to develop an interactive directory of resources and services that can be easily accessed using web, smartphone and tablet (or printed for offline access).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 This resources is always good for a laugh. e-Newsletter. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 1, 2023

AI as a service is now a reality and can be powered by any number of growing open-source models. In the rest of this article, we would like to present a draft of a 5-Level Chat Safety standard that tries to map out the level of testing that should be done based on the risk of harm at crisis chat and relationship chat level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

These were (as captured by blogger Marcia Stephanek ): Open Green Map , offered up by Holly Ross, helps communities map their eco-friendly spots, whether it's a bike rack or a solar-heated apartment complex or a public herb garden. The maps are made by community members. What would I do differently for next time?

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