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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

John is currently working on OpenAction, a platform that connects people to the projects they care about. 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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Master Mashup: Viral Marketing from Bob Dylan

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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. I was on a team of video bloggers who conducted formal interviews with representatives from the 21 featured projects. Third Place ($10,000) ???

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

The Social Actions project began in 2006. There wasn’t much scalability in the way I was pursuing the project. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. A few years ago, we had just a handful of pioneering platforms in microphilanthropy.

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The GlobalGiving FilmFest: Watch, Vote, Give

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's scoop on how to participate: You will need to submit a video, animation, or mashup that either tells the story of a project (or projects) on GlobalGiving, or focuses on why you give to a project (or projects). See the Video requirements. You: Create video and submit video by May 31, 2007.

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Hello We Are Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Josh Leo's Video Mashup We R The Media. Last week a group of lawyers representing a forthcoming book told us they didn't want us using same for the name NTEN's project. No small irony that the book and our project is about the collaborative power of social media. change the name of the google group ( done ).

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Four Models for Active User Engagement, by Nina Simon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Imagine sitting around a conference table planning an upcoming project that involves user-generated content. A third argues that the project won’t be truly participatory unless users get to define what content is sought in the first place. Rick wanted a better way to describe what kinds of projects led to different community outcomes.

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