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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My Three Words for 2011 inspired by Harold Jarche's Networked Learning Model. For 2011, my three words are: Seek, Sense, and Share inspired by Harold Jarche’s model for networked learning. How these words will guide me in 2011: Seek: Seeking is the process of keeping up to date in your field.

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What Do Donors And Nonprofits Think Of Crowdfunding Tipping?

Bloomerang

Crowdfunding platforms collect data and feedback from users to refine their models and policies. Crowdfunding initiators can easily broadcast their campaigns to a wider range of potential donors and establish social relationships with them (Liang and Turban 2011 ).

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Research Friday: Looking Back - 2011 makes a strong case for capital

ASU Lodestar Center

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. One source of data informing this work is our annual State of the Sector Survey.

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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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4 Examples Proving Nonprofits Should Offer Trust as a Service (TaaS)

Whole Whale

Like the stickers are for food delivery, the trust as a service model is a great opportunity for most businesses today. The model is defined by two mains steps. Historically, the trust as a service model has been used to grow businesses, get new customers, and set industry service/safety standards.

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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. This is the very model of a modern Major- , er, micro-site. Check out the best gadgets from the 2011 CES. Better brush up on the Twitter. wait for it.

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Project AWARE Dives Deep Into Ocean Data, Turning Scuba Divers into Citizen Scientists

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

New information collected by citizen scientists provides an underwater view into the growing problem of ocean trash. So in 2011, the organization adopted an online movement-building model that they hoped would more effectively engage its community of half-a-million divers. million divers.