<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>nonprofitmapping.org &#187; scott</title> <atom:link href="http://nonprofitmapping.org/author/scott/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://nonprofitmapping.org</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:26:05 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator> <item><title>Coming May 10th: The Philanthropy DataJam</title><link>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/04/28/coming-may-10th-the-philanthropy-datajam/</link> <comments>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/04/28/coming-may-10th-the-philanthropy-datajam/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:08:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>scott</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Project News & Announcements]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonprofitmapping.org/?p=650</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cities are opening up. Thanks to a lot of hard work from projects like Open311, The Sunlight Foundation, and OpenPlans, cities are beginning to share their reams of municipal data, electronically, with citizens. 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By many counts, they&#8217;ve made better use of social media than any sector &#8211; but it&#8217;s certainly true that nonprofits tend to be time-crunched and cash-strapped. That means that mission comes first. Other pursuits, like cracking the 500 page instruction manual on the latest visualization software, <a href='http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/03/05/in-review-maptogethers-illustrated-guide-to-nonprofit-gis-online-mapping/'>[...]</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/03/05/in-review-maptogethers-illustrated-guide-to-nonprofit-gis-online-mapping/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Open Source Infrastructure: What It Is &amp; Why We Need It</title><link>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/02/06/open-source-infrastructure-what-it-is-why-we-need-it/</link> <comments>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/02/06/open-source-infrastructure-what-it-is-why-we-need-it/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:09:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>scott</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Nonprofits & Philanthropy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonprofitmapping.org/?p=589</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Tides Foundation – known especially for their work in fiscal sponsorship &#8211; launched their first blog recently with a post titled “Why Does Infrastructure Matter?” Ellen Friedman, the Tides Executive VP, writes: “If we don’t pay attention to the infrastructure we are putting in place to support the work necessary to implement our visions, <a href='http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/02/06/open-source-infrastructure-what-it-is-why-we-need-it/'>[...]</a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/02/06/open-source-infrastructure-what-it-is-why-we-need-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Part 5 of 6 &#8211; Improve &amp; Contest: An Open Source Invitation</title><link>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/02/02/part-5-of-6-improve-contest-an-open-source-invitation/</link> <comments>http://nonprofitmapping.org/2010/02/02/part-5-of-6-improve-contest-an-open-source-invitation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:28:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>scott</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Data Scorecard]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonprofitmapping.org/?p=570</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out the Nonprofit Data Scorecard here. Collaboration and team work are the engines that have made the Nonprofit Data Scorecard a reality. The energies of our small team of volunteers have begun to chip away at a few of the big questions facing the nonprofit world: How has the recession impacted NPO’s? 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The spark that drove our hunt for up-to-date nonprofit data was a desire to tell the story of that community’s ride through the economic recession. 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