Data Integration: What's an open API and what difference can it make?

There has been a groundswell in the nonprofit sector around the issue of data integration. We all want each of our applications to be able to share data easily and seamlessly. Open Application Programming Interfaces certainly make this goal more possible. But what exactly is an API? And what makes it open or closed? Finally, what can nonprofits do with APIs to increase their data integration? This session will define all the buzzwords and help you make sense of the power of APIs for your organization.

 

Takeaways:

  1. Definition of API and Open API
  2. Understanding of what an API allows nonprofits to do
  3. What have other organizations done with Open APIs?

Speaker List:

  1. Allan Benamer / Coalition for the Homeless
  2. Tracey Conaty / American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
  3. Kate Donohue
  4. Alan Gallauresi / Beaconfire Consulting
  5. Usha Venkatachallam / Beaconfire Consulting
  6. Kurt Voelker / Forum One Communications

Session Materials:

  1. Session slides by Allan Benamer
  2. Session slides by Tracey Conaty & Alan Gallauresi
  3. Session slides by Kurt Voelker