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Interview: Ricard Espelt on Copons 2.0

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to connect with Ricard Espelt to learn more about the various projects he’s working on in Spain leveraging new technologies for public engagement, government transparency and community building. Learn more in the interview below. How did your work getting the local council online get started?

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

I found the project so interesting that I wanted to share it with you here in an interview, covering some key questions from Kedar. Government policy: Rewarding citizens for their behavioral changes and better regulating toxic products. Tags: interview application conservation engagement environment innovation mobile.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. Keep this story in mind when interviewing and electing new board members.

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GivingTuesday Partnerships: 3 Opportunities To Enhance Your Campaign

CauseVox

When you combine the efforts of nonprofit organizations, donors, governments, businesses and other institutions, things really begin to get done. Find space in your email calendar, swap social media accounts for a day, and line up media interviews. Those businesses then donated a portion of the proceeds to local nonprofits!

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our government's public servants have been released to their jobs better. White House blogs, open government initiatives. A: For me specifically, government and social media (and not just Washington), social media, the Sunlight Foundation ( on government accountability and transparency, data.gov, etc.) A: Nerds can help.

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Zartico secures $20M to help tourism offices promote local destinations

TechCrunch

” To attempt to inject some data and digitization into tourism operations, Dunn and Kinghorn co-founded Zartico , a platform that provides analytics and visualizations to destination management organizations, or DMOs — government-affiliated tourism boards that promote locations as travel destinations. .”

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

TechCrunch

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs. We want to add that depth in more markets, and Appruve gives some of that.”

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