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12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change

Tech Soup

session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. Why Open Source? Open source is not just about software distribution. Open source as a philosophy also promotes accessibility, transparency, inclusivity, open data, and integration with other tools. What the Mobile Revolution Means.

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Great reads from around the web on December 15th

Amy Sample Ward

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of December 15th).

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See3 Communications Teams with Kaltura to Bring Open Source Video Platform to Nonprofits

See3

Leading provider of online fundraising, education and advocacy for nonprofits partners with the first open-source video platform. That they are open source is a huge added benefit to our clients and the greater nonprofit community.&#. As an open source platform, Kaltura is unique among online video solutions.

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Responsive Mapping Techniques And Mobile Geolocation

NTEN

Content delivery in the future will happen less and less through a traditional web browser and you need to prepare now. Data Infrastructure Integration & APIs Mobile mobile advocacy mobile mapping mobile optimization mobile program delivery nonprofit technology nptech Open Source Strategy Web Sites Communications IT Staff'

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Free (and Cheap) Mass Texting for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Low-cost texting, simple web interface with pricing starting at $199/month for 3,500 messages, includes 10 keywords. These providers allow for more dynamic segmenting, messaging, and tools for advocacy. Open-source SMS/messaging tool that helps organizations create messaging applications and visual flows for messaging.

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Email is dead … long live Email?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was having lunch with a friend this week, who runs a small advocacy organization in Canada, that relies heavily on the use of email lists. The question arose as to whether or not it was worth thinking about shifting some of that communications traffic from email lists to the web in some form. I’ve blogged about Elgg before.

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Write and run web crawlers and scrapers for data collection. 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. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats.

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