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Predictions for 2009

Amy Sample Ward

It’s the time of year when people start placing their bets on where we’re going next. Mashups are great. But I think 2009 will see a more refined world of mashups take over. The mashups that will come out in 2009 are going to be ones that create hybrid spaces in between the different tools we are already using.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. The first time you do it, you ask each person to respond to the idea with the word no, then say their idea.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

—— John has spent time working for Microsoft, doing R&D for the defense industry and was part of a few past startups that didn’t quite reach “critical mass.&# I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge.

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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 open, public, and community-oriented nature of these challenges meant that "the community identifie[d] workable solutions to problems they think need to be solved. The NetSquared Challenges Foster Tech Innovation.

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

Tech Soup

We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. Ushahidi would then compile and display the information in real time online on a map. BRCK deals with the problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world.

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The Future of Supporter Data (Or, Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?)

NTEN

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. Data silos also create problems. But not all of these solutions scale, and many don’t lead to better user relationships over time. . It’s time to throw the nonprofit tech dept some love.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Other times it is more important to have an open API or an app that is properly designed for plug-ins or extensions. SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08