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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

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According to Wikipedia , Geocoding is "…The process of finding associated geographic coordinates (often expressed as latitude and longitude) from other geographic data, such as street addresses, or zip codes (postal codes). Tags: International News. You can read more about the project on the AidData Blog.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Ryan Fan Before Ryan Fan, a high school senior, came to Benetech for his school’s career day, he consulted Wikipedia to understand this concept called “social entrepreneurship.” Before pursuing his MBA, he worked in the textile manufacturing sector in the Philippines where he did front-line operations, quality control, sales and marketing.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . This is the way I've described the Nptech Tagging community and other ad-hoc communities where people come ogether first through social media tools. Tags: network effectiveness scholar working wikily. I've gotten into the.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. Where's the conference tag? Update: Tactical Philanthropy announces the 2007COF tag! The site was developed by Democracy in Action.