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In praise of.... Wordpress!

As reported in a previous post, as a first step in working towards a more immediate and interactive online funding service, Danny from SYFAB set up the Funding News Wordpress blog.  By providing news, comment and background information that is tagged, categorised and searchable, Danny hopes to create a much more useful resource than the old system of adding funding news to the home page.  The new blog also gives service users an opportunity to comment and feedback on the content.

Fighting Taxation Without Information: Interview with Eric Odom

Eric Odom talks to us about how the Sam Adams Alliance is using open source software to bring transparency to the corners of American democracy that often go overlooked.

 

Jed Sundwall: What is the stated mission of the Sam Adams Alliance?

 

Eric Odom: The Sam Adams Alliance has existed for a year and a half. It's a 501(c)3 that focuses and education and information and it also has 501(c)4 because of our work across the country with activists and leadership training.

Video Profile: Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of the blog software WordPress, gives some quick incite into how blogs are helpful to nonprofit organizations. 

 Matt Mullenweg
 

This video is part of NetSquared's video profile series. You can subscribe to this RSS feed with your favorite video catcher, such as iTunes, Democracy or FireAnt.

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