crowdfund uk blog About NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network NTEN: Where the Nonprofit Technology Community Meets NTEN aspires to a world where all nonprofit organizations use technology skillfully and confidently to meet community needs and fulfill their missions. We are the membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Our members share the common goal of helping nonprofits use all aspects of technology more effectively. We believe that technology allows nonprofits to work with greater social impact. NTEN facilitates the exchange of knowledge and information within our community. Read the values we hold as an organization, explore our services and programs and become a member of NTEN today! NTEN is a 501(c)(3) organization.
5 Crowdsourcing Platforms Every Developer Should Know Marcus Thielking is the co-founder of skobbler, a leading provider of mobile map-based solutions. Follow the company at @skobbler. It can be easy to underestimate the time and effort that developers invest in creating many of today’s most popular apps or services. After all, these unsung heroes must navigate the challenge of building a great user experience while dealing with issues like funding. However, there are certain crowdsourced platforms that developers can use to address the quality of their product and the money they'll need to create it. These services can range from crowd-funding platforms to community data sets. 1. What Is It: OpenStreetMap is often appropriately referred to as the Wikipedia of maps. Why It’s Important: For developers, location data can be the lifeblood of a service. The Gist: OpenStreetMap provides users with a free and constantly updated source for accurate, detailed map data. 2. 3. 4. The Gist: Instagram delivers photos and image data for developers. 5.
How Much Are Zynga's Users Worth Compared To Facebook And LinkedIn? Wall Street currently values Zynga (ZNGA) at $1.94 billion. For those of you who are new to this process you simply take the closing price times the number of shares outstanding ($2.47 x 783 million shares = $1.94 billion). Of the many questions asked about Zynga, one of the more common questions I hear is, "Is Zynga priced right?" Some people will tell you yes while others will tell you no, hence it is at these levels. Since its IPO back in December of 2011, Zynga's shares have been going in the wrong direction. (click to enlarge) Zynga has over 311 million active users that use its gaming platform on web and mobile. So how much are Zynga's users worth? Zynga's User Worth: So how did I come up with these numbers? Let's take a look at some other social media companies and see how Zynga stacks up. Looking at the table you can see that Zynga's users are valued at less than 11x then that of FB and LNKD. Zynga The Cash King Impressed by this author? Follow Justin Giles (1,928 followers)
nonprofit crowdsourcing 10 Great Social Innovation Reads: May In our ongoing blog series, 10 Great Social Innovation Reads, below are my top 10 picks for the best reads in the world of social innovation in May. But I’m sure I missed some great stuff, so please add your favorites from the past month in the comments. Three new books released recently argue in various ways that philanthropists need to get better at giving money away. Photo Credit: Robby van Moor Tags: 10 Great Social Innovation Reads, American cities, Amy Sample Ward, DC Central Kitchen, funding for arts organizations, new ways to fundraise, nonprofit change capital, nonprofit crowdsourcing, Nonprofit Finance Fund, nonprofit growth capital, nonprofit use of mobile, online fundraising tools, philanthropists, Philanthropy, Robert Egger
An overview of several free books and reports about open innovation, co-creation, and crowdsourcing Image by opensource.com Here is an overview of valuable, free books and reports related to open innovation, co-creation and crowdsourcing. Drop a comment if you know of other books, reports, or longer articles that are available for free and worth sharing. Books Social Media for Corporate Innovators and Entrepreneurs: Add Power to Your Innovation Efforts by Stefan Lindegaard “How can my company use social media to bring out better innovation faster?” What are the benefits of using social media for innovation efforts? Download here. Making Open Innovation Work by Stefan Lindegaard Practical, engaging and direct! Why big companies need small companies as part of their open innovation ecosystems.The benefits of open innovation and the challenges it poses for companies of different sizes.How to make open innovation work when the partners are of unequal size.How to identify and develop the people who will drive open innovation within an organization. Download here. Reports and articles Download here.
Gastronomista Going beyond grants: Eight new ways news nonprofits are raising revenue This post is the third in a series about a Knight Foundation roundtable that brought together news start-ups and tech entrepreneurs. A report is forthcoming. Journalists are notoriously averse to math, but there’s no equation in which nonprofit news organizations can survive for the long term without a steady mix of revenue. The more diversified a revenue portfolio, the greater promise of stability. So the business objective for local news nonprofits has moved beyond foundation grants and major giving to multiple revenue streams. How best to get there was a central question at the Knight Foundation’s May 6 roundtable meeting of nonprofit news organizations, tech entrepreneurs and researchers. Generally, financial sustainability plans for all the organizations include a mix of membership (small donors), advertising and underwriting and grants. Tribune CEO Evan Smith interviews Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White before an audience. Previous posts:
Crowd Funding in the Netherlands | Douw & Koren Wil jij crowdfunding inzetten en ben je op zoek naar een platform om jouw project of onderneming te presenteren? Deze pagina bevat een overzicht van alle platforms (zowel Nederlands als internationaal) waar Nederlandse projecten en ondernemingen op gepresenteerd kunnen worden. Er zijn verschillende redenen om voor een platform te kiezen, waaronder: taal, betaalmethode(n), niche, het gehanteerde crowdfunding model en natuurlijk de functionaliteiten, gebruiksvriendelijkheid en uiterlijk van een platform. Heb je een platform gekozen? Doe dan eens een donatie of investering via het platform en ervaar zelf hoe het is om een bijdrage te leveren! Wil je weten hoe je zo effectief mogelijk aan de slag gaat met crowdfunding?
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