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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2012

We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands). Make no mistake, we are for the Internet, we are for jobs, we are for legal access to content, and we are for human rights and freedom of speech.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Instead editing is, or should be, a collaboration — where multiple perspectives combine to shape content so that it can better connect with audiences. It’s where you set the emotional tone, establish the context of time and place, and let the audience know that this content is for them. That’s not how we should approach editing.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

Have you ever thought about building an online space where different people can easily share their expertise on a subject or project? By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Wikipedia would not be possible without the support of its volunteer contributors, who help keep the site's content current.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

" Facebook gets into texting game with Facebook Messenger — Tech News and Analysis – "Facebook has already started to supplant traditional email providers as a dominant way that people communicate online. Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? Have you made a video like this?

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. Most of the content was (and is) user generated. What People Were Saying. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Google Maps. Podcasting.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Or, are you throwing a ton of content on the web hoping someone will find it? By the end of this guide, you’ll learn how to get your content read … how to build brand authority & trust… And how to grow your revenues online. Does your nonprofit have a digital marketing plan ? Ready to get started?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

When technology systems like donor and membership management, email marketing, and website content management are selected without cross-department communication, they won't integrate. Keeping content (like event descriptions) consistent across systems. It is a scalable content management and system integration platform of choice.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia. Make it Scannable – People like to skim blogs for key points. Fresh and Relevant Content - Follow the news related to the issues you work on. Fresh and Relevant Content - Follow the news related to the issues you work on.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Web accessibility” means creating websites that can be fully used by people with disabilities. Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

If you are using an e mployee e ngagement platform , you a l ready have the means to bring people together. Turn your employees into content creators. SeenIt enables organizations to truly scale the way they produce video by engaging their own employees to become their content creators and brand ambassadors.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Such a place can also be a source of “user generated content”, relieving your internal staff from the burden of coming up with fresh content, and truly leveraging the ideas of your larger community.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 13, 2009

being based on a simple premise: software that gets better the more people use it. The extent to which I can learn from Wikipedia or waste time on Youtube is directly proportional to the volume of other users' participation--creators, critics, and spectators alike. How could a museum get better the more people use it?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

This internal mobile app includes only tasks that are needed by the people using it. Docurated.com — is a cloud-based document search firm that allows users to find a specific chart, slide, collateral, or piece of content without opening any documents. I envision a magical time when we'll all be our own little Wikipedias.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

Perhaps you most likely remember this amazing deconstruction by John Udell of the Wikipedia entry on ??? It really helped you understand the inner workings of the collaborative construction of content on Wikipedia. If you've been following social media closely over the past 3-5 years, you know that this isn't an original idea.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

All libraries bring people together in ways that no other institution does. It’s free, secular, and encourages people to linger. People interact in the library in ways they never would at coffee shops. We have people proofreading books from their homes who might never get to interact with one another were it not for Bookshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

s because one of the most interesting questions in business has become how much work people will do for free. 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. People who???s gift economy,???

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Online collaboration is one of these generic terms that seems to lose meaning the more people use it. Huddle : Huddle is a web-based content management and project collaboration tool that shares files, sets deadlines, assign tasks, centralizes feedback, does email alerts to project members, and centralizes calendaring.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

NetSquared Local members meet monthly in 50 cities around the world with the goal of helping each other solve their tech challenges and finding a tribe of people who shares our passions. Philadelphia, PA: Social Audio: Creating and Using Great Audio Content. Portland, OR: Getting People to Click DONATE on Your Nonprofit Website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin. However, very few people use these terms precisely and almost nobody agrees on the exact definition of these terms. The First C: Content. Used precisely, these terms can mean very different things.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2007

What do we do with content that is controversional and, potentially, uncomfortable? According to Wikipedia , 20 million people have viewed a Bodyworlds exhibition. Turns out people LOVE seeing dead, cut open people, love it enough to wait on lines and pay big ticket fees. First, what makes something uncomfortable?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

According to Wikipedia, a wireframe is a “visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website” If you’re going through a design project, you’ll likely see wireframes after a user research phase and possibly a sitemap phase. The least important content then lands in the bottom-right corner.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Niche content. The key is the interconnectivity of users - and what can happen when you get connected with people with similar goals. He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Described the features and content.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

But anybody who's seen Cloverfield or I Am Legend knows what happens when a mass of people tries to cross a bridge to escape a bad situation: a bottleneck forms, infighting destroys group solidarity, and then something unforeseen destroys the bridge. (Or, They've finally found a way of selling to a huge number of poor people."

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. 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.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

It’s no secret that content is king when it comes to engaging and delighting donors and members alike. But did you know that writing content for donor intent can be used to target people ready to donate online content can also be used to target donor intent? Now the real work begins: Ranking your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

ask each member of the circle to pick two people, but don't tell them. When facilitator says go, everyone moves so that they are always equidistant between those two people who they chose. This is the way I've described the Nptech Tagging community and other ad-hoc communities where people come ogether first through social media tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I found the Wikipedia entry for Ken Burns. Her analysis of the communities focuses on how these communities have collected useful reference material and resources, people who have used wiki software in an innovative way, and communities who have been motivated to contribute on niche topics and popular cultures. That's a start.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. 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.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

People think that real time is just Twitter and sure enough, some of the search engines put Twitter search front and center. Time then to ping mainstream news sources, image search and his Wikipedia page to check for updates. With an effective User Interface, a flowing river of news can be a very compelling way to consume content.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

You can make a big impression of site visitors just by presenting them clearly, and in context with your web content. 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.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 23, 2007

Tim O’Reilly has an interesting post up about the ascension of short-format content—the YouTube clip over the 2 hour movie, the blog post over the journal article. One of the comments listed other, non-web-based collaborative uses of short-format content, including potluck dinners. application like MySpace or Wikipedia.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

I know what you’re thinking: I have no idea what a QR code is and that link to the Wikipedia article isn’t going to cut it. When scanned using an app for your smartphone, they automatically take you to a website, image hosted on the web, calendar invite, series of text, or other types of content.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

For example, in Bloom’s taxonomy of Educational Objectives, knowledge and comprehension of content comes before application. After all, you don’t have to have great content to get to a networked, social experience ( Twitter certainly proves that fact). COLLECTIVE ACTION (How much do people work together?) Back to my diagram.

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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. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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