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Terms and Trends in DIY and Open Source Online Maps

NTEN

Implementing truly gorgeous online maps still requires some custom code and technical know-how – but, the cost and learning curve involved has dropped considerably. Online maps provide a concrete, quickly digestible way to drive home the connection between your organization's work and where it takes place. ThinkShout.

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Data Digest — Maps, Trends, and a Social Progress Index

Tech Soup

This week, the call for data measurement in the social sector heightens with the proposition of a Social Progress Index and ways that NGOs can use data maps to increase effectiveness. The need for open data from NGOs is reiterated, while the way philanthropy has promoted the global Open Government Partnership is explained.

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12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change

Tech Soup

session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. Pava started off outlining the familiar statistics about mobile's explosive growth , and what those trends mean for nonprofit organizations who are thinking about mobile solutions: Start thinking "mobile first. Why Open Source? Crowdsourcing and mapping.

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Building Community with Open Source

NTEN

Once a community has determined its needs, however, utilizing open source software presents a more rapid, sustainable path to implementation. We want all of the above on a map. Several maps! Custom maps, plus Google Maps, and Yahoo too! Open source software reacts to rapidly changing technology.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Top 10 Tough Donor Data Migration Decisions

3rd Sector Labs

For Open Source and custom databases, you can usually get directly to the database if needed. The data hoarder in all of us wants to keep data “just in case” we need it, or to run those cool reports that show 10 years of trends. You stop and review your map again. This is a great question and a tough decision.

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Growing the NetSquared Community

Tech Soup

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina: Nonprofit Tech Trends for 2016. Austin, Texas: CiviCRM: Free, Open-Source CRM for Nonprofits and Startups. Logo and Map : Elijah van der Giessen / CC BY-NC. What's Distracting | MCN (Free). Communications Networking Lunch. Wednesday, February 17, 2016. Tuesday, February 23, 2016.