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DECEMBER 26, 2013

Data Leadership Open Source Strategy Communications' Seems we've entered a golden era of interactive mapping, with no shortage of exciting ways to display geographically-specific data. In the last few years, we've seen exponential growth in interactive mapping software that presents data from all sorts of angles.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Data interactive maps Leadership mapping MS-DS nptech nten Open Source Paul Chamberlain Strategy Communications' In the last few years, we've seen exponential growth in interactive mapping software that presents data from all sorts of angles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2006

He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. t want to make it a big story. He's a talented filmmaker (as is Susan and the other folks at Four-Eyed Monsters). So, I've been looking for a good reason to link over to them and now I found it!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

We’ve all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics “going viral” online before our eyes – the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. At SXSW, there…. Case, and her….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Maybe open Social Graphs will help ? NpTech Google Talk Google Presentations: Tell a Story Together: Network Presentations lets us know about a relatively new feature in Google documents called Google Presentations. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership.

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MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofits show and share what worked, usually with tidy stories and charts. They opened up the same mechanism in year two and received a stack of proposals with bold and innovative ideas. One story I encountered on my journey will forever make me sick to my stomach. Their response in year two?

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region. There is some great insight into the need for the Open Data movement to be more inclusive as well as explanations of why big data gathering should be more strategic.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! We have webinar recordings , tools, and resources to help you make stories that stand out. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. Looking for inspiration?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Here are some of the highlights: Five Weeks to “A Miracle”: The Ukrainian Red Cross’s Story. We’re so grateful to Yaroslav for taking the time to share his story with us at NetHope, and I was honored to be a part of it. Rewatch this session on Salesforce+. Data to Rapidly Respond to a Humanitarian Crisis.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Allied Airlift is made up of veterans and volunteers who scoured open source intelligence reports to provide Afghan allies with critical information necessary to find a place aboard one of the limited U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Every few minutes a volunteer would share a story about an impactful experience with a voter,” explains Brooke Adams, Movement Politics Director at People’s Action Institute. The technology organization designs, deploys, and supports open-source software for health workers providing care in the world’s hardest-to-reach communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L.

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AFP Blog

MAY 29, 2007

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Adventures in open source: The nonprofit software debate continuesElisa Birnbaum By Elisa BirnbaumMay 28, 2007I have to admit I’m not very tech savvy. I’m just happy if I can use my laptop without hassle and rely heavily on the IT support of my family and friends.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

Those who tuned in to the virtual event were treated to conversations with some incredible headliners, and heard nonprofit customers share their technology impact stories. . Salesforce.org’s second annual Nonprofit Summit, held earlier this month, attracted over 6,500 attendees from 100 countries.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Heroic Stories Capture Nonprofit Audiences. Sachs also wrote Winning the Story Wars , a book about how nonprofits and other organizations for social good can use storytelling to capture an audience. Sachs advised organizations to look to ancient mythology when forming their stories. Create Documentaries for Your Cause.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

A Better Website : A visually appealing and responsive website, which was built on the open-source Drupal Content Management System (CMS), allowed us to better serve all of our audiences. After onboarding to Salesforce, the changes were pretty immediate and the results were exciting.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

Examples of open government data reuse in US by private corporations and nonprofits is also highlighted and a webinar to help those that also want to use it is being hosted this month. Open Government Data. 7 Ways Companies Are Using the Government's Open Data. Strengthening the Demand For and Use Of Open Data Initiatives.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry. Open Philanthropy is about sharing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2014

In the absence of standards that protect that information, the lives of suffering people—victims, witnesses, and the defenders who collect their stories—are all too often put in harm''s way. Unfortunately, there are many other stories of abuse and violation. This is but one incident.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

One of the underlying stories of the 2008 election victory of Barack Obama is the really intelligent use of technology , in a way that will permanently change how campaigns are run in the future. Open Source Hardware: can it be done ? Open-Xchange just got a bunch of $.

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Excellent data tools will continue to get cheaper and easier to use… This trend has been going strong for a while now, particularly as more and more of the data landscape has shifted to using open source tools. Users will insist on increased ownership and oversight of their data.

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MAY 27, 2021

NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories and moments from the last 50 years to mark its anniversary. Our team partnered with NRDC to conceptualize how to capture these highlights in an engaging and informative story. The Frist Art Museum. Excellence – Website for Cultural Institutions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

on how to get your organization started telling stories digitally. Helping staff articulate their stories and developing them might require storytelling training. Blumenfeld organized workshops for staff that taught them about the important aspects of stories, incorporating calls-to-action in their stories, and more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. To help you understand it better, let me pick it up where I left off, back in 1993.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora’s life journey is an inspiring story. Her success fighting against a plan to build a waste transfer station in Hunts Point and then spearheading the South Bronx’s first open-waterfront park in more than 60 years was a turning point. I had the pleasure of meeting her earlier this year for an exciting conversation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

That work includes updates and upgrades to Martus , our free, open source software that enables human rights fieldworkers to securely document abuse that is occurring in dangerous environments. We will continue to support human rights defenders and other social justice actors and our theory of change remains the same.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

We've all experienced videos, blogs, photos, or topics "going viral" online before our eyes - the number of views increases, our Facebook timeline fills with reposts of the story, or a hashtag rises up the trending charts. Tendenci Released as Open Source by Schipul. At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2010

Dean Haddock is the Manager of Information Technology for StoryCorps , a nonprofit organization which provides Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of their lives. Dean recently attended the SugarCRM conference and is sharing his experience here as a guest blogger.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2007

So what’s the story? Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I’m twittering December 7, 2007 Yes, it’s hard to believe. I succumbed. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter. Michelle twittering? 1 trackback } Web 2.0

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I was planning to write a post today about the use of story in museums. A lot of museums--and web, radio, etc--are pursuing projects in which visitors share their personal stories around a topic, whether that be broad and profound ( storycorps.net ) or light and specific ( map mashup of Overheard in NY ). It was interesting.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We help the human rights movement speak truth to power, because we believe each story of human rights abuse is a tool for justice. We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2011

Treesaver is a new open source web platform for publishing that uses the new HTML5 standard to create narrative experiences—with text, pictures and video. Treesaver is significant for nonprofits because it combines important trends – open source software, web standards and mobile applications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 24, 2008

We just show up and make sure you guys have ample opportunities to share your amazing stories and expertise. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Holly 03.24.08 at 12:00 pm Thanks Michelle – and thanks to you! It’s the NTEN community that provides all the magic at the conference. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. And, support from the Open Society Foundation made this event possible! For me personally, the meeting was a rare experience.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 10, 2008

A story about Rapleaf in Clickz (a newsletter for online marketers) says this : Rapleaf allows you to quickly and inexpensively find out the social networking footprint of those you’re marketing to. What is public? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

From capturing the stories of human rights violations in Guatemala, Burma, Syria and Uganda, to helping a biologist plan a better restoration of a wetlands, or matching up an open source geek with the social good project of his or her dreams, Benetech’s team is using technology to make the world a better place.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 19, 2007

This reminds me of a true story. A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) Be Helpful.

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