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NpTech Tag Summary: Five Hot Conversations!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She proposes several different times, leave your preferences in the comments. The proposed call agenda is here. GetInvolved Blog shares a summary from the Sunlight Foundation and Berkman Center all day session called "Local Political Information in an Internet Era." A Few Web2.0

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

NTEN

The field became fixated on achieving two holy-grails, requisite in every proposal, but nearly always unattainable: sustainability and scalability. . At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process.

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Case Study: An Accidental Techie #FAIL Story

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Given the organization-wide scope of my proposed project, effective change management practices were key to the success of the project. Unfortunately, I was the less experienced accidental techie David Geilhufe referred to earlier this month. Without the support of leadership, the project essentially dragged to a halt.