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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Is Open Data Just A Flash in the Pan Movement? Open Source data NetSquared big data' Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global.

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ivan Booth is doing a meet up and live stream for the Philly Netsquared meet up on August 2nd at 6:00 PM EST about Google +. He talks about the importance of Google implementing brand pages. What are the potential uses for nonprofits? You can find the information for the meet up in my collection of Google + and Nonprofit Links.

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You're Not Paranoid — They Are Out to Get You

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Kevin Lo, TechSoup's senior program manager for NetSquared, who has been TechSoup's resident security expert for many years. office productivity suites, Java, Adobe Reader, and Flash. CONNECT is a global cybersecurity awareness campaign to help all of us stay safer and more secure online. Top Recommendations.

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Podcamp Session on Social Media Metrics: Thank You Jeremiah

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There's also a lot of talk in the nonprofit blog space prompted by a recent Netsquared ThinkTank and some great thinking on the topic, particularly by Wendy Harmon of the Red Cross, mostly focused on ROI. There is a lot of discussion on the topic on web strategy blogs and from social media strategy gurus like Owyang.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Conference Mashup Panel. no need for local copies, CDs, flash drives, etc.). Tornado History Project The Tornado History Project is a searchable, sortable database of tornado statistics based on official National Weather Service (NWS) tornado records from 1950-2005 and googlemaps. Who Is Sick? Full Stop Campaign.

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Free Graphics Software and Images

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NetSquared organizer, Eli van der Giessen’s personal favorite free lightweight online image editor is PicMonkey. There isn’t a mobile version yet, but there is something called Gimp Portable that fits on a flash drive that you can plug in to a Windows PC. The website has a support page where you can ask questions.

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