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Futurefunder is safe from Heartbleed
The Futurefunder site remains safe from the Heartbleed bug as the SSL certificate was verified as secure. Carleton University’s Computing and Communication Services issued a statement on April 10 noting the university’s exposure to...
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Crowdfunding for charities
Fascinating data for our project owners in this post: http://craigconnects.org/2014/03/crowdfunding-infographic.html After one full year of the FutureFunder, we have our own data to add to the discussion. Crowdfunding seems to have enormous potential for...
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The Quest for Plastinates in the media
Our newest Futurefunder project – The Quest for Plastinates – was recently covered by both the Ottawa Citizen and Metro Ottawa. Ottawa Citizen Metro Ottawa We’ll keep you posted on this project’s lastest developments.
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Accolades
In February, the FutureFunder was recognized by District II of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) with two Gold Accolades awards. This is a prestigious competition. Carleton’s work is judged...
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Update: George Garth Graham Fellowship
The George Garth Graham Undergraduate Digital History Research Fellowship was a successful project on Futurefunder, last year. It raised more than its $5000 goal, and the fellowship has now been awarded to Hollis Peirce....
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A lesson in crowdsourcing
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend Invest Ottawa’s ‘Crowdsourcing 101’ information session, facilitated by Intersol’s Eric Collard. The session was brief and to the point: crowdsourcing can be extremely successful, but it’s a...