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Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So I did the usual, gave up my gmail password. So people who were in my gmail address book, and in Spock, got a request for trust from me, not knowing where it came from. Spokeo takes your gmail, aol, or yahoo address book and, looking at a wide variety of web 2.0 Then, for the creepy part. I joined Spokeo.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Cloud computing just doesn’t make any sense, or work in any reasonable way without it (have you ever tried to use Gmail on dial up?) High bandwidth to your home or office is a necessary requirement to cloud computing.

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Need a mobile strategy? Start with your email.

Care2

Email reading on mobile devices rose 81% from October, 2010, to April, 2011. 2000 - 2010. Google Gmail. As the Campaign Monitor CSS report indicates, support for CSS features varies widely across email clients and it is important to know the differences when you’re wondering why your message looks funky in Gmail.

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Getting Personal Tech Right(er) in the New Year

Tech Soup

Here's how to avoid being a Pavlovian dog and checking email every time there’s a reminder: Go to Outlook Options (images are from Office 2010), select Mail and uncheck. For those of you who use Gmail and Yahoo for your work, Unroll.me. Tip 3: Egads, get off all those subscribe lists inundating your inbox!

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Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

That’s because a lot of the social networking sites allow you to find other people on their site by giving them your gmail username and password, or your email contact list. A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site.

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Software to Build and Grow Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Office suites include: Word 2010: Create professional documents with this -processing program. Excel 2010: Develop spreadsheets and keeping track of data. Outlook 2010: Manage your time and tasks with this program. PowerPoint 2010: Build slideshows and presentations with text effects, sound, and animation.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

GoFundMe Platform overview: GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform that has helped raise over $25 billion in donations since 2010. This includes Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Slides, Meet, and more. Fees or limitations: There is a transaction fee of 1.99% and a fixed fee depending on the currency used.