Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Check out the Tunisian Prison Map. Tunisian exile Sami Ben Gharbia is the creator of the Tunisian Prison Map -- an idea inspired by a New York Times interactive map charting murder locations. The map is compelling and provocative, and it's one more reason Gharbia, who now lives in the Hague, says he can't go home.

Mashup 50

Mashup Global New York City New York 50

Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Want to plot all the Wal-Marts on a map over time ? Data is also getting stored in new places. What if the government said you had to? public site coming soon) Frankie was able to create compelling maps and graphs of many interesting aspects of these collections in aggregate.

Museum 20

Museum Web Teen Flickr 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Over a century after its inception, over 52,000 people in 1823 places across 17 countries participated in the Christmas Bird Count – using email, web sites, and social media tools. Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# Social media accelerates the crowdsourcing process – it can happen faster.

Measure 96

Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96