Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

It’s actually because someone included it in a Wikipedia Article (no, it wasn’t me.). This blog entry from 2007 is about being open about one’s mistakes. Here’s the top 10 list for 2008: 1) Remember when 1 MB was alot ? I wrote this post back in 2005, and it is the most popular in 2008!

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Meanwhile, a few scholarly articles on the topic. Jon Stahl's link list points to an article called " The Question " - The number-one question lurking in every executive???s He wrote up in his findings in an article here , following a link from down under ! Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry !

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

When I read the New York Times online, each article's author's name is hotlinked and there is an easy and direct way to contact him/her. You may remember the NPR stories in 2007 about changes in the way that doctors acknowledge mistakes and offer apologies. Make content authorship transparent. Be honest about mistakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. I was happy to discover Laura Quinn's recently published and very good article on TechSoup, " A Few Web Analytics Tools." The screencast will include a companion wiki with resources to aid further explanation.

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