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Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit. Subsequently, I invited Gautam John who works with Pratham Books to write a guest post about their social publishing strategy where he briefly touched upon their use of Creative Commons licenses. We now use Creative Commons licenses everywhere!

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The Huddle Perpetual License

Tech Soup

According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey. What Is a Perpetual License? You also now have a perpetual license agreement. Last year Huddle.

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the hallways, you’re as likely to run into the head of an international NGO, as CEO of a Fortune 100 company, as a renowned professor as the foreign minister of a major country. I also got to talk to Pablos because he knew Brian, and ask about ideas that might be worth licensing for social purposes.

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Some Thinking Outloud About Open Content for Nonprofits and Penguin Day Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This session will define core concepts including the Creative Commons license, and then offer examples of how open content is already benefitting the nonprofit sector. I'll start the session with a very brief overview of examples ( NGO in a box - Open Publishing ) and an overview of the CC licenses. Ideas appreciated.

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

Amy Sample Ward

Recognizing the significant role of NGOs as influential agents of change on a global scale, The Global Journal has sought to move beyond outdated clichés and narrow conceptions about what an NGO is and does.

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Office 365 Brings Remote Staff Together

Tech Soup

This week on the Microsoft Citizenship blog , there's an interesting profile of Concern Worldwide , an NGO that fights poverty in 25 of the poorest countries in the world. Photo: Leo Reynolds , CC license. The profile shows how Concern uses Office 365 to connect its office staff and field workers. Cloud Computing Worldwide.

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A big reason for our three day meeting was for the four of us who are creating the “ Train the Trainers &# workshops for the in-country leadership teams in Beirut next month to meet and finalize our lesson plans and materials. As part of working in a transparent way, the curriculum is available on a wiki and creative commons license.

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