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Tech Soup
MAY 14, 2013
In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.).
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
FEBRUARY 22, 2007
I'm filling in for colleagues Marnie Webb and Billy Bicket from Netsquared. I'm trying to embrace two ideas here - the idea of open source thinking and wikitation. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools.
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Tech Soup
MARCH 23, 2012
Software for creating wikis is easy to use and is available in both open-source and proprietary forms. Examples of Wikis. Another example of a wiki created by volunteers is the Community Organizers Handbook. If desired, different users can have different levels of control over sharing, editing, and removing information.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 13, 2007
Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Open Source Software is Fair Trade ! Photo from Cambodia4kids. More pointers to NTC posts here.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 9, 2007
Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? 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. More than $100,000 is on the table for innovate projects.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JUNE 15, 2007
Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. " I'm sure we could find a few examples in America and elsewhere. I love that some nonprofits are sharing photos of their messy offices on Flickr! Here's an example.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 26, 2007
Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. The " OpenItUp " blog shares a list of commonly used excuses for not using open source as heard during the recent LASA UK Circuit Rider Conference. It can be a great tool for conference presentations -- to present material, examples, or take notes for your session.
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