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UniversalGiving: Impact, with a little help from friends (SocialActions)

Amy Sample Ward

As readers of this blog probably know, I’m really excited about the work Social Actions is doing to help connect the sources of actions and opportunities across the web to push them further. Social Actions is “an open source database of actions people can take on any issue.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. Marketing, Fundraising, and Philanthropy So far, there will be at least four bloggers live blogging at the Council on Foundations conference. Update: Tactical Philanthropy announces the 2007COF tag!

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Post by Wednesday, October 10th at 5: PM EST. Allan Benamer is still obsessed with statistics and has posted the " Top 25 Philanthropy and Non-Profit List " based on monthly visitation numbers from Quantcast and Compete. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." You'll also need some video editing software.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy. Back in 2012, in order to better meet the needs of the global philanthropic sector, the Foundation Center began an extensive review of their Philanthropy Classification System.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

There’s even some strange philanthropy news compliments of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. Disconnect is open source software that was named Lifehacker’s best anti-tracking extension last year.

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