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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. In fact, I used them for this blog (see upper-right), but please ignore the silly photo in the Fotolia ad. A free, fun mobile photo-sharing iPhone App that turns your mobile photos instantly in art.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Mapping Web2.0 Censorship: Access Denied Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Via Global Voices Advocacy blog. video and photo-sharing sites like Youtube, Flickr, Dailymotion; blogging platforms such as Blogspot, Livejournal, Typepad and Wordpress; social networking websites such as Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Wikipedia, VoIP services; etc.); tools and websites. the crackdown on web 2.0 websites (e.g.

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What advice would you offer Working Films about measuring the impact of their social media strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

this will be launched by the end of the month) Keeping an updated blog about what we are working on and to show the diverse voices of our staff. Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them. You've got a lot going on here!

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web. You can do Google searches by voice. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. You can also take a picture by winking your right eye. It also can map turn-by-turn directions for you.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant. Training materials from Rising Voices and other sources. It is important to use video, photos, and audio.

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Transparency and Authenticity: What do they mean for nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Bennecontentos Sarah Dopp got me wondering about the definitions of these two terms: authenticity and transparency. A quick trip to the dictionary and Wikipedia: Authenticity refers to the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions. Tranparency means open, frank or candid.