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Google+ Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

UPDATED 1/8/12: Thanks to the launch of Google+ Pages for brands, Google+ traffic hit an all time high in December 2011 and it’s likely that the trend will continue in 2012. If your nonprofit has yet to get on Google+, now would be a very good time to start. e-Newsletter.

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Candid names Ann Mei Chang as new CEO

Candid

As a knowledge-driven nonprofit with 200+ employees, including one of the largest teams of data scientists and programmers in the social sector, Candid gets people the information they need to address society’s critical challenges. Smith through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition. She earned a B.S. and around the world.

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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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Things We Like (January 2011)

NTEN

Memorizing it may even help you get a job, because: CareerBuilder's IT hiring poll reports that 44% of IT employers will place greater emphasis on social media in 2011. Check out the best gadgets from the 2011 CES. Better brush up on the Twitter. This is the very model of a modern Major- , er, micro-site. In other Net Neutrality news.

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Apple May Not Listen, But Google and Microsoft Are All Ears …

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Google and Microsoft are all ears. GuideStar is the premier source of vetting nonprofit information. An online petition over at Care2 and it has almost 8,000 signatures collected so far sending Mr. After asking friends and Twitter followers and doing a little phone shopping , I discovered that Google and Microsoft are all ears.

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NTEN Receives $1.1 Million Grant from Google to Aid Nonprofit Technology Adoption

NTEN

million grant from the Google Inc. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. million grant from the Google Inc. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. We’re thrilled that Google has shown its support of the transformative power of nonprofit technology with such a grand gesture.

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NTEN Receives $1.1 Million Grant from Google to Aid Nonprofit Technology Adoption

NTEN

million grant from the Google Inc. This is the first grant NTEN has received from Google. So far, their tireless efforts to funnel strategic information, supportive community and valuable opportunities our way have been pretty monumental on minimal funding. We are all very excited to announce today that NTEN has received a $1.15

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