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

Tech Soup

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. These folks do astonishing work. For example, during a severe snowstorm on the East Coast of the U.S.,

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Open Source philanthropy data big data' Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global.

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Mobile Innovations for Social Good

NTEN

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Recently, over 300 innovators and changemakers interested in the intersection of technology and social benefit work converged for a few days of idea-sharing, learning, and collaboration at NetSquared's annual conference. VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles. About NetSquared.

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Women in Nonprofit Technology Who Rock: Adding to Fast Company's Most Influential Women in Technology List

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, when Lynne Johnson from Fast Company asked me to blog a list, I thought I'd create a nonprofit technology category and acknowledge the work of these awesome women: Nonprofit Technology Marnie Webb is the Co-CEO of TechSoup Global and creator of Netsquared and was voted most valuable person in the nonprofit technology field in 2008.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Panelists: Natalie Foster, DNC ; Rebecca Moore, Google Earth Outreach ; Laura Quinn, Idealware. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!) but pack in a tremendous amount of information.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. mean for you?

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