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Thoughts from EMSA 2010

NetWits

The week before last, I was lucky enough to attend the Email Marketing Summit Australia 2010 (EMSA). The majority of information was focused on organisations working for profit, but there were a lot of takeaways that are just as relevant in the Nonprofit world as well. What information is available?

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. It's important that we don't confuse "data" for "information." Data are only the raw material of information. So how do we get from data to information?

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This informative post is based on a recent webinar presented by the Ad Council provides an overview of how to understand the return on your time investment. Are we actually making a difference? Try out different networks, and then decide which one will do the most for you. What are the right tools to help measure success?

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Was 2010 the Year of Online Privacy?

Tech Soup

There's always some controversy or other stirring up the hornet's nest of online opinion, and last month, Time's choice for Person of the Year 2010 was the outrage du jour. Many online commenters thought the award should have gone to Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks and winner of Time's 2010 Reader's Choice poll. read more.

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5 Tips and Tricks for Microsoft OneNote 2010

Tech Soup

I have tried to use basic tools, like Notepad, to store notes, but that turned into an exercise of organizing multiple files with no way to easily find information or share it with others. OneNote allows users to create digital notebooks, each of which can be separated by multiple tabs for different topics. Demo: What is OneNote?

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To bot or not to bot: Using generative AI in grantwriting

Candid

For example, you will generate quite a different set of responses if you ask for information on “education” rather than “STEM education.” In fact, generative AI has been known to be trained on biased information. What you put in: Be deliberate in crafting the prompts you use with generative AI tools.

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New Microsoft Office 2010 Courses from easyLearning

Tech Soup

easyLearning's Course Library includes 1,500 online courses in professional development, information technology and "desktop skills" such as Microsoft Office and Windows. And they've recently expanded their catalog with new Microsoft Office 2010 courses. Self-paced online courses from easyLearning.

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