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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

I describe Social Actions as an aggregation of actions people can take on any issue that’s built to be highly distributable across the social web. I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. That’s today. You can see examples of this at [link]. Search for any phrase.

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Predictions for 2009

Amy Sample Ward

So, here are my 2009 Predictions for the Social Web. Mashups are great. But I think 2009 will see a more refined world of mashups take over. We have seen plenty of mashups where a website is able to push together a mapping tool, some public data, and user-created content like comments. I love them!

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The NpTech Mashup Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had this post about a mashup between Idealware , TechSoup , and Social Source Commons in draft and was going over to Deborah Finn's Blog to grab the URL for her excellent post last week about Social Source Commons. I also stumbled across her more recent post about NpTech Mashups. So, let's unleash the NpTech Mashup Meme.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. The team also hopes to incentivize organizations to share knowledge and give beneficiaries a direct voice. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

Ecuador’s socialist government has prioritized the tech sector, even going so far as to create an entirely new city focused on the development of knowledge industries. To get there, however, local tech entrepreneurs need to share skills, ideas, know-how, and market knowledge.

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

connecting organizations for shared knowledge, partnerships and coalitions. The climate change/ clean energy/ environmental (or whatever other title you prefer) sector is not unique to the broader social change arena in that there is still along way to go to really harness the power of the web. It’s not going to work.

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GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference: Reflections from the Innovation Lab

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I gave a keynote about the Human Side of Data for Good and facilitated a mini-innovation lab to brainstorm creative ideas around the challenge of communicating about the value of shared data and becoming the community knowledge center for shared data for donors, nonprofits, and other stakeholders. Team 1: “Know Your Community: 5 in 10.”.