Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

Search engines like Google and Bing will often be your first stop when you have a question. Get more out of Google by using its advanced search techniques. Wikipedia is another frequent starting point. It has helpful, succinct articles like The Difference Between CRM and ERP. Check out this handy search primer for Bing.

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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.). 6) Google Analytics vs. Sitemeter. 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! 2) Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on July 27th.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Here’s how I did it: First, I began by publishing a blog post with a content offer that was relevant to the article. Not only does it condense the article into a 2-minute read, but this checklist doubles the value by offering 7 bonus strategies not found in the post. The best way to measure that growth is with Google Analytics.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Lots of folks at the event were wearing Google Glass , the newest innovation in eyeglasses. Most attendees were Android app developers who are interested in getting into Glassware , the app development platform for Google Glass. Google Glass functions like smartphones in that apps can be built on top of it to extend and enhance it.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4. Provide Context Users need a grounding point to understand your data. They need something to put into a perspective that they relate to intuitively.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Kansas City, Missouri: Google for Nonprofits — Technology, Education, and Networking. Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout. Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. Toronto, Ontario: Free Webinar: Social Media for Nonprofits. Arlington, Texas: DFW Nonprofit Geeks.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. And be sure and check out the great online video, Google Docs in Plain English. Additional Resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

When looking at our google analytic stats, I usually note the number of visitors, sites that people come from and keywords. Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them. But sometimes, those stats don't really tell us anything.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If your organization needs convincing that its time to adopt HTML5, just share the following tidbit from Wikipedia with the powers that be: “According to a report released on 30 September 2011, 34 of the world's top 100 Web sites were using HTML5.” 3) Asynchronous Google Analytics Tracking. Oh, memories.

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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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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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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Closer to home, Andrew Sears built some publicity with his piece, " How Google and Social Entrepreneurs Perpetuate the Digital Divide Among Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Google Reader. There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. NpTech 101: How I read 2,000 Articles in 30 Days by Chas Grundy. Google Alerts. Google Alerts. If you are not using an RSS Reader, pick one and learn how to use it like a rock star. Here's a few: Bloglines. Technorati.

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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

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Young Einstein.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Also, be sure to read Sean's summary of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about how a new generation is reinventing fundraising. Also, don't forget to vote for these nonprofit oriented panels at sxsw ) Ruby Sinreich suggests that everyone should read this article about nonprofits and Web 2.0. young people???

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

Eventually, you will be taking this stuff for granted, just like a text search on Google. The Wikipedia article on it is clean and concise and points to a lot of important sites. Del.icio.us , as the article points out, is the mother of all social bookmarking sites. social bookmarking. Look it up.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

Jeremy Price offered a comment on my last blog post with a link to an excellent article by Lee Shulman on the uses and abuses of taxonomies in educational theory. In Shulman’s article, she points out the folly of a rigid sequential theory when it comes to learning (and my case, I’ll expand that to social engagement). How do I search?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 Publish brief articles about your selected topic on a consistent basis. The power of Web2.0 How to find them? milllion blogs.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

Wikipedia : In philanthropy, donor intent is the purpose , sometimes publicly expressed, for which a philanthropist intends a charitable gift or bequest. According to Google Adwords , “ how to donate a car ” shows an estimated 1,000 monthly searches. What Is Donor Intent? A low searched term, but that’s okay. Cost Per Click.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

People are not choosing museums over google when they need to find something out, regardless of how trustworthy we are. 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. It's great that museums are a trusted source of information.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? The best spend as much time reading about Google, FaceBook, and Apple as they do reading the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Ask about their throughput: how many transactions per second can they handle. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 5, 2007

Google Homepage is a rare exception. Google Homepage is a personalized landing page for the content that is most useful to you. Google Homepage is a personalized landing page for the content that is most useful to you. Here's how to make it happen: Go to [link] and sign into Google (or create an account). So what is it?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

A quick glance at the term “content marketing” on Google trends will shed some light on how hot. According to Wikipedia, content marketing is any marketing format that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire customers (or donors, volunteers, etc. What is Content Marketing? inserted by me).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

clipping articles and links extremely easy. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. Clipix :: clipix.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

clipping articles and links extremely easy. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. Clipix :: clipix.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

clipping articles and links extremely easy. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. Clipix :: clipix.com.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia has become one of the top ten most-visited websites worldwide and is the only one in the top ten that is a non-profit initiative. Think of how Wikipedia works.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

A quick glance at the term “content marketing” on Google trends will shed some light on just how hot. According to Wikipedia content marketing is any marketing format that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire customers (or donors, volunteers, advocates, etc. What is Content Marketing?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Google Chrome is a free web browser for Windows XP, Vista, and 7. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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See3

AUGUST 6, 2007

wikipedia b. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? Communication grid so people can talk to each other eg. drinkingliberally.com which is online and offline one-to-many. You have to have the ability to communicate. Shared Resources a. data information – eg. skills and expertise c.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 11, 2006

With the cost of printing as low as it is, why not print a new card for each conference you attend, or each time you write a new article? Last week, Kathy Sierra posted an article on why users can so often use only a fraction of an application. It's hard to find a topic where the Wikipedia entry is not among the top 10!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

These stories are summarized and aggregated with some previous articles, posts, and resources about Nonprofits and MySpace here. Check out the articles, blog, and resources. Wiki That A Story Pitching Wiki at TechSoup is where you can submit your article ideas to editors. ICT in the Developing World.

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