Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

I’ll agree with Gavin, that folksonomies sure are less efficient, and a lot more messy than taxonomies. And, there is one really big thing that using taxonomies miss, that folksonomies get: who is doing the categorizing? Be Helpful. But is efficiency the most important thing? What do those guidelines look like?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

How are they different from taxonomies? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy. The semantic web and the continued evolution of search, data design, and user interface design will help. Sort of an emergent taxonomy. social network and community sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2009

And while Lucy firmly believes that it is possible to measure, sometimes people measure the wrong thing. Whatever the tool we're using, the right metrics are those that can help understand engagement and relationships. There is also a detailed taxonomy for types of social media conversations. So, how might this work? (1)

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

Be Generous with Data—Water for People Ned Breslin from Water for People preached to the choir of the importance of using data to drive successful programs. He attributes Water for People’s success to their relentless focus on (and measurement of) outcomes. Foundation Center has been working on automating much of this work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

I've thought long and hard about how video editing amplifies my compulsive nature and how I need to reduce my ratio of video minutes viewed per hours of editing time! How do you create good instructional media in a reasonable amount of time and do a good enough job that helps people learn something by viewing it? Introduction.

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