Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

OpenBusiness has a post called " Getting Rich Off Those Who Work for Free " which is summarizing a recent article about this in Time Magazine. That I even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the ???gift People who are creating content for OpenContent publications, like Wikipedia. s big idea???that

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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. some useful software tools like Microsoft Lync Server. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I found the Wikipedia entry for Ken Burns. That's why I so happy to discover that my colleague, Daniela Faris, at Icommons has written a blog post profiling ten fascinating wiki communities hosted by Mediawiki software. Maybe I missed it or perhaps there is a good reason why. That's a start. As she notes, "There???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2005

The terms applies to community-driven marketing and pr campaigns to gather support for open source software. Some examples: Mambo Love Opera KD Creative Commons Spread FireFox Wikipedia Promotion SpreadOpen Office. Some articles analyzing campaigns or reflections.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator. Photoshop's companion program, Illustrator, is a fantastic program for creating and manipulating vector graphics.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator. Photoshop's companion program, Illustrator, is a fantastic program for creating and manipulating vector graphics.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

When the letter flashes that the user wants to type, the software registers the jump in brain activity and types the corresponding letter. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. ” demonstrated the Emotiv EPOC headset that picks up EEG brainwave signals and translates them into computer commands.

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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. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Brett Meyer, NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist. We can just bridge the gap, right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The winners get $65,000 in-kind contributions of consulting, hardware, and software. 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. And if you're looking for some fabulous manuals for open source software, check out the Floss Manuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. " Findhabeas.

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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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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 9, 2005

I'm not sure software innovation will do anything about easing ego problems, but it has certainly eased the need to travel between Virginia and Philadelphia to work on a document together. Probably the most dramatic wiki project is the wikiPedia - an online encyclopedia edited by -- the entire world. Self-evident, indeed!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 3, 2006

There's a book that made a big impression on me a couple of years ago, and changed the way I manage a number of my software projects. The book is Agile Software Development with Scrum , by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle. In a minute I'll give the a five-minute intro to Scrum. but here's why I'm thinking about it today.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

Scope: This screencast will demystify web analytics and use Author and Analytics Evangelist Avinash Kaushik's mantra of simplicity to illustrate some of the useful features and reports in Google Analytics , a free but powerful web analytics software tool. You won't be able to think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Here's just three people/content connections on this topic that I found from Technorati search: A search on "tags" lead me directly to a YouTube channel from the Youth Health Alliance and a series of youth-created videos on nutrition, including the one above that explains why it is better to drink green tea versus software drinks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. ” If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums?

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JULY 10, 2008

frogloop: What are the primary considerations a nonprofit should make in choosing a fundraising software vendor? Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? Philip King: Ask about their client retention rate: I think this is key. I could go on and on but those are some key ones.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2010

For more detail on these benefits, see Choosing a Disk Cloning Solution for Your Nonprofit or the Wikipedia article on disk cloning. Tags: Office & Productivity Software Tech Planning. In brief, the applications include the following (this list isn't meant to be comprehensive): read more.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 16, 2006

Programming He's a bit dramatic in his style, but Dave Churchville writes a very interesting blog on software development - and one I suspect is particularly valuable for the non-programmer who needs to manage programmers, or contract with them, or just hold them at bay. Why pay attention to it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. ” If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

clipping articles and links extremely easy. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. ” The Wibbitz Play Button or Player can be easily added to entire websites, single articles, or just on a home page. Clipix :: clipix.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

clipping articles and links extremely easy. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. ” The Wibbitz Play Button or Player can be easily added to entire websites, single articles, or just on a home page. Clipix :: clipix.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

clipping articles and links extremely easy. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. ” The Wibbitz Play Button or Player can be easily added to entire websites, single articles, or just on a home page. Clipix :: clipix.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. ” If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 11, 2006

Here's a fantastic set of pics from last year, taken by George Touchstone, another software developer/fiddler, just to let you know what you're missing. 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? So download with care!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person. A new blog platform for fair-minded bloggers.

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