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Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2

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We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information. Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. How Our Content Can Be Used.

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What advice would you offer Working Films about measuring the impact of their social media strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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

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Screencast Treatment: Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. I was happy to discover Laura Quinn's recently published and very good article on TechSoup, " A Few Web Analytics Tools." GA, and stats in general, also kind of serve as a basic feedback tool.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The site was developed by Democracy in Action. happens, I observe day laborers.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. A collection of economic and media trends and stats. ” 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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Meet Marshall the Nonprofit Blogging Coach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have some static resources there, several dynamic resources (like syndicated feeds of certain categories of my Furl archive and the main column of posts or articles. I don't know how good the Typepad RSS traffic stats are, but you might want to look at reburning your feed at Feedburner.com. They have great stats and services.

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