Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. Many organizations including the United Nations have used Ushahidi's crowdsourcing tools to raise their voice. I was there that year and the competition was intense. So much innovation.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LOLnptech Lot's of member news and activity online this week, so, in the order that I ran across them: NTEN member organization United Nations Foundation was mentioned in a Forbes article discussing ways nonprofits are raising money in tough times. One tactic is going online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It was created to celebrate the launch of a new Twitter mashup that makes it super easy to share actions with your friends: (it also works with Facebook!): [link]. Twitter for Fund Raising. Paul Young's analysis of what worked, what didn't in his fundraising campaign can give you some hints of what to measure. Twitter for Health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2006

So, this raises a question - what if a nonprofit uses this service and the ad that is placed on their video does not necessarily reinforce the message of their cause or even worse is in direct opposition? For an added treat, check out Caroline's mashup video of Solution Grove ! Harry and I play Zoo Tycoon together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2007

I think of her work as a mashup between an extremely talented court room artist, journalist, social activist and philanthropist. So, here I am just one month from my departure, and $2,000 needs to be raised. ve added the badge above to the sidebar so my readers can contribute with donations. watercolors are $70, and 8???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. Nonprofits must raise the importance and priority of collecting and syncing their honestly acquired PID. By George Weiner, CTO, DoSomething.org. Grab my mailing address and you can send more locally-focused messaging (or junk mail).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. Submitted by Michael Smith.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

Fundraising Campaigns and Presentations Camera Rwanda Photo Stream Post with an interview Street Kids Fundraising Campaign raised $8,000 from photo group Sharing Foundation Presentation annotated in a flickr photo set. Full Stop Campaign - google maps and flickr mashup. Why Museum Professionals Should Use Flickr from the Musem 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

Peter Deitz has been working tirelessly on his personal fundraising campaign to raise an extra $500 for each of the 21 featured projects. Sort of like a Social Media Amish Barn Raising? Not attending the NetSquared Conference but want to follow the tag stream? You can subscribe to the Yahoo Pipe. Find out more here. A big thank you!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Via Britt Bravo Do you have an idea for how a mashup could be a tool for social change? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Many useful observations and questions raised about how to analyze the tagging data we've collected and how to move from a folksonomy to a taxonomy. Michelle Martin writes about her experience as a non-technical programmer creating mashups with some new user-friendly tools. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

and if you want to talk about how to display stuff on maps and create effective Google Map mashups, we can do that too! Causemunity.org provides easy solution to your fund-raising needs through micro-donations. We can help you with that. Better The World in booth 46. Bicknell Information Group in booth 75. Causemunity in booth 70.

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MARCH 19, 2010

and if you want to talk about how to display stuff on maps and create effective Google Map mashups, we can do that too! Causemunity.org provides easy solution to your fund-raising needs through micro-donations. We can help you with that. Better The World in booth 46. Bicknell Information Group in booth 75. Causemunity in booth 70.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2008

We're hosting a contest called the NetSquared Mashup Challenge that I wanted to let you know about, and am hoping that you'll pass on to social changemakers and web innovators in your community. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. Reggie Bibbs is on a one-man mission to raise awareness of his disorder, neurofibromatosis. With snacks! Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. Do they make a difference? My Life With NF in Web 2.0 submitted by Reggie Bibbs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2008

EngageJoe.com blogs about his experiences spearheading and contributing to social change mashups and working with nonprofits on online strategy. Epic change raises money to provide micro-loans in developing countries. His blog covers social technology, social action, philanthropy - with a UK perspective. Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# Impact measures not only looking at the total amount raised, but also the adoption of new online social fundraising tools which was a key objective. 2) Crowd Creation. The idea is to leverage the funds of the crowd to complete a project they support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

Since all actions are focused on a shared agenda, and will occur on the same day, their cumulative affect is well-positioned to have a much bigger impact in gaining attention and raising awareness. It could be a re-mix or mashup of the palette of event models above - or entirely new kinds of events!

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