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OCTOBER 2, 2013

For many nonprofits, Google Analytics is the tool of choice for measuring traffic, reach, engagement, and action primarily because it is free. While it is somewhat easy to use, some of the more valuable features may require a little tutoring to understand and use. The instructor is Google Analytics Evangelist Andrew Cutroni.

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JULY 4, 2011

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. Google+ will add to that competitiveness. I found it overwhelming!

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Alex Abelin: Google + for Nonprofits. Does Google + have the potential to be a valuable platform for nonprofits or is it just another shiny object to distract nonprofits? Should your nonprofit do more than simply set up a presence on Google + and not invest any more time? Become Familiar with the Google + Landscape.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Momsrising is an early adopter of online tools currently exploring the Google + platform and discussing it in team meetings. Can Google + be a good platform for social change activists? He talks about the importance of Google implementing brand pages. Short answer: too early to tell.

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MARCH 18, 2013

This past week, Google announced that it would close Google Reader on July 1st. Nonprofit technology colleague Nancy Schwartz shared that link and it prompted a lot of angst for many who had grown dependent on this free software. ” moment. I tend to do this one or two times a year.

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JULY 7, 2011

The platform war between Facebook and Google + officially launched with a press conference at Facebook announcing the new “awesome&# features including one click skype/Facebook integration for video chat. I watched live stream on Facebook and the real time snarky reactions coming across Google +. Google Plus Tips.

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JULY 11, 2011

And, of course, all the funny comics showing the demise of Twitter and Facebook anything else that stands in Google + way to getting more adoption or increasing it stock value. Shared on Google + by Abid Shaikh. Dave Gray Illustration Shared Through Google +. I usually try to set up a small learning project.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

Yesterday on Google +, John Haydon made a provocative statement: “It’s a big mistake to say that nonprofits should wait on Google +&#. Source: Pew Internet. Like my colleague, Geoff Livingston , I disagree with that statement or hoping on bandwagons.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

The Packard Foundation is hosting a Google Hangout and will be live from our headquarters. Google Hangout, 10/29 @3pm PST. We’ll take a look back at successes, failures, and ah-ha moments of the past four years and look forward to the next. Sign up: bit.ly/18CDKRR.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Google and Microsoft are all ears. After asking friends and Twitter followers and doing a little phone shopping , I discovered that Google and Microsoft are all ears. Almost 8,000 have signed an online petition to urged Steve Jobs to change its iPhone donation policy. To date, there has been no response. Guess what was inside?

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JULY 26, 2011

Apps allow citizens to use their zip codes to look up their elected officials and voice their concerns or support on a policy issue are not unique to Twitter as I learned from posting about the App on Google+. Voice for America’s Children has a similar app on Facebook. You can only search for what Google allows in Sparks.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2008

I was googling to find an article about social network policies, specifically friending policies. I noticed that Google added a new feature where you can comment on a search engine result and like DIGG either promote it or demote it. I'm just getting back and I'm behind. You can customize the search results page too.

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OCTOBER 23, 2013

The Packard Foundation is hosting a Google Hangout and will be live from our headquarters. Google Hangout, 10/29 @3pm PST. During the hangout, fellow NP tech guru, John Kenyon, will interview me and we’ll have a few grantees as guests.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Joey pointed out that Facebook's donation to Donors Choose in lieu of holiday party and Google's $20 million donation to selected charities in lieu of holiday gifts to Adsense and Adwords products is not cause washing.

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APRIL 8, 2020

If participants are working through an exercise or set of discussion questions, create a google document with your prompts and include space for taking notes. You’ll need to make sure you drop the google document link into the chat before you put people into small groups.

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JULY 7, 2008

And, if I had to support other people or was teaching a workshop on Google Apps, I'd sure want to have a book for the reference. The book gives you the basic how-to's for Google's Productivity Suite (docs, spreadsheets, slide shows, gmail, google talk, and calendar). It also covers Igoogle and google apps.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

What caught my eye was his diagram of how one might use a collection of google apps to for social media listening. I might tweak this dashboard and also add Google Analytics to keep an eye on your referrals. (1) I might tweak this dashboard and also add Google Analytics to keep an eye on your referrals. (1)

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APRIL 7, 2008

It's been about a year now since I kicked my outlook email habit and been a gmail and google calendar user. Google has recently launched this feature and I thought this is worth hauling out OutLook so I can sync my calendar, keep it on my desktop and sync with my treo. There are two things that I miss. No glitches. Glad this is back.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2008

For novices just starting to explore social media, I recommend google alerts as the first listening step because they didn't have learn another application (RSS Readers) to get started. I use google alerts, but always wished they had an RSS option. I get way too email that I can barely keep up.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

This one (above) is about Google Docs. Laura Quinn write s about her impressions using Google Docs for collaboration. Michele Martin has an excellent post detailing a suite of online tools for collaborative or team blogging projects which also makes use of google docs. Laura Whitehead thinks the video rocks.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

I just noticed via the Google Analytics blog and a tip in comment from one of my readers , Kaj -- there are some recent YouTube videos of Avinash Kaushik Google Analytics Evangelist presenting a seminar on Google Analytics. I'm prepping for tomorrow's Introduction to Analytics with Idealware and Laura Quinn.

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and it didn't help much when I googled something to see the Screamer inside the Google logo. Is google highlighting fine art? Google must. have cleared copyright permission, because I just googled and don't see anything. Does anyone know why? Is it Munch's birthday?

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JUNE 28, 2007

I'm working on another screencast (sponsored by NTEN and SalesForce ) about the SalesForce/Google Ad Words Integration. What advice would you give to someone who is developing their keyword advertising campaign with Google Ad Words? " The Google AdWords software will suggest keywords. Can you share some steps?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

The young woman with the google t-shirt is a IT major! They were familiar with google and yahoo and they use the Internet for email, but blogging was a new term for them as it is for many Cambodians. One of the students asked if Google was the best search engine. Mam Sary said, 'Yes, Google is the best."

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

That's a screenshot from the official Google Chrome comic book that preceded the release of the Google Chrome browser that blogger Duncan Riley from Australia found in his mailbox. B ut what do with a brand new, unread, limited edition Google Chrome comic book? eBay FTW is the logical choice, but I don???t So I won???

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

If you want a killer intro and more advanced session on Google AdWords, sign up now ! Okay, I missed the one today, but there's a recording.

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OCTOBER 7, 2005

This new Google Reader was just announced an hour ago. google_reader Originally uploaded by gorickjones. I'm glad that Marnie Webb is attending the Web 2.0 conference in SF. I found that out when I clicked through to the image of the screen capture in Marnie's flickr stream from her blog. Nice how these Web 2.0

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MARCH 25, 2008

Just saw a press release from Yahoo, Google, and MySpace about OpenSocial Foundation. The official blog posts from Yahoo and Google Yodel Annecdotal Google Blog Lots of folks covering the announcement: Read/Write Web FaceReviews (includes analysis) Examples of apps built on opensocial (ugh, Shelfari). and not for Google???s

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JANUARY 24, 2007

I came across a post by Kevin that describes a newly launched feature in the google reader that gives you some statistics about your RSS reading habits. I had given Google Reader a whirl when it first appeared about a year ago and it was too alpha. It could be useful a self-reflection exercise.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A simple way to take dot voting on online would be to use a combination of Zoom and Google documents. For the voting part, you would use a google document. It does require a learning curve to master in addition to the technique. Zoom would be used to conduct your online meeting.

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APRIL 9, 2008

Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read/Write Web has a scathing review of the Google Nonprofit Widget Builder. " Google Stiffs Nonprofits, Launches Second Rate Widget Builder." Anyone have a different take on the Google Nonprofit Widget Builder? Marshall says there is little customization and no customization.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Google’s photo identification mislabeled black people as gorillas in 2015 or Microsoft’s AI-powered social chatbot that started tweeting racial slurs. The Next Web. Charity Digital News published this interview with Rob Leyland, Innovation Manager, about their recent efforts. AI Technology. AI Is Getting Better At Conversation.

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MAY 7, 2008

" So, I put the question out to Twitter network and then before I could google it, Jim Thompson answered. It was slightly faster and more direct than googling it - but google was quick. On Google, I would have had to look at the different sources, figure out if they credible - if there were different answers, etc.

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APRIL 29, 2008

In Google Analytics I'm closing looking at referrals. I did a comparison of time on-site with top referrals and Twitter referrals stay longer than Google. A place to quickly get a range of responses to questions, rapid research for blog posts, and social presence. A side benefit is that brings people over to my blog.

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OCTOBER 11, 2006

And, Google documents allows you export and import pretty easily without too much reformating hell. And, with google groups you have an option of reading via a RSS feed. So, I've used wikispaces, pbwiki, socialtext, jotspot, and writely (now google docs). Some folks just aren't comfortable with using wikis yet.

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MAY 2, 2005

Via Ida Takes Tea , just discovered Google - My Search History. Takes the place of looking in your browser history through a slew of google searches for that great site you forgot to bookmark. Information overload effects memory and this tool from google is ginko biloba.

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DECEMBER 27, 2005

Google ads helping nonprofits via webpronews. Article also mentions that Google Foundation gave $2m to $100 laptop.

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