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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

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The people at AidData (a program of Development Gateway ) have teamed up with the World Bank Institute to complete the first stage of a groundbreaking geocoding project (Mapping for Results Initiative). This particular geocoding project identifies and records the location of specific aid activity at the subnational level.

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Infographic: How Do Social Network Users Lean Politically?

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As political campaigns and nonprofits gear up for the election cycle, I thought I would share this infographic that attempts to map the politics of social media properties like Facebook and websites like Wikipedia. Predictive modeling was then used to map the politics of the social web.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. 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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22 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A search engine that “knows millions of things&# about people, places, and history, Qwiki takes the information from your Wikipedia Page and converts it into a more visual format complete with audio, video, digital photography, and the ability to “Improve This Qwiki.&# What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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Digital Marketing Plan For Nonprofits: The Definitive Guide (2017)

Nonprofits Source

How would you then prioritize resources so they are spent on activities that work to achieve that goal? Heat maps, Click Maps, and Session Recorders. Heat maps and click maps are helpful to show what content is most useful to visitors. The phrase is so popular that it even has it’s own Wikipedia page.

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…Who Knows *What* About Me?! Four Tools that Show You How You’re Tracked Online

Tech Soup

According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.” ” These can be active [the stuff you want to share about yourself with the wider world on the internet] or passive [the data collected about you without you doing much].

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The Future of Cloud Computing: 5 Startups to Watch from BoxWorks

Tech Soup

With a Capriza app, the installer can register the equipment and activate it immediately with a smartphone. Capriza Zapps can also connect to things like barcode scanners, Google Maps, and other outside devices and services. I envision a magical time when we'll all be our own little Wikipedias. via search to end-users.