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Vote for the Winners of the 2014 DoGooder Video Awards!

NTEN

It was a difficult task, but the DoGooder Team have chosen the finalists- and now it’s up to the public to choose the winners! Public voting is open through March 10th, 2014. We received a wide array of funny, moving and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Today I’m in San Antonio, Texas, for the American College of Preventive Medicine annual conference. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Direct Content.

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Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

Google plans to roll it out in Austin, Texas, and Provo, Utah as well. The Kansas City Public Library System will also have a role in this work. Library director, Crosby Kemper, envisions expanding library services further into public housing and community centers. The Community Driven Fund. He’s a very impressive guy.

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Via’s Tiffany Chu on the importance of govtech for planning mobility ecosystems

TechCrunch

An urban planning blog featured the project and it went as viral as a mapping and routing tool for public transit could. We sat down with Chu to discuss the proliferation of govtech, why cities need to be proactive about new forms of mobility, and how the private and public sectors can come together to create a comprehensive mobility system.

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Student social good startups collect $95K in T-Mobile competition

TechCrunch

STEM for the South Bronx (Bronx, New York) A high school robotics team with a vision to create an education center that is open to the public to explore the world of STEM. FYDER (San Antonio, Texas) An effort to recycle plastic bulk bags into flexible, durable 3D printer filament to extend the life of otherwise discarded materials.

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Nonprofit and Library App Survey from App It Up

Tech Soup

For example, North Texas Library Partners mentioned that they created Information Assistant , an Android app that promotes information literacy. libraries' information and resources, or better engage supporters, volunteers, donors, and other members of the public. They were also interested in. standalone mobile apps).

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

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Yohannes Gebregeorgis "Moved by the lack of children's books and literacy in his native Ethiopia, Yohannes Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads , bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children."

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