M+R

JULY 10, 2023

If you are addressing breaking news, a piece of legislation, a court case, a research finding, make sure you give enough background so it make sense to someone who has not heard of it before. This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Provide Context Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research. " Research on virtual worlds used for education, libraries, and museums continues to expand. The Rise of Virtual Libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

I encourage you to read the entire article. It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Don't forget to include your entire community in this research, e.g. staff, volunteers, coalition partners, board members, and donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

When students do a research paper without looking at wikipedia, the student research paper is far superior. But what if they went to wikipedia and made a critical comparison? And what if they put their paper into wikipedia. If dealing with local article, this will be unique. Nesson gave this annecdote.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

According to a March 2008 New York Times article, Yes, Money Can Buy Happiness. According to the September 1999 New York Times article, Route to Creativity: Following Bliss or Dots? Malaise is often defined in medicinal research as a "general feeling of being unwell." Most of them make you healthier too."

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Brett Meyer, NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist. We can just bridge the gap, right?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Meanwhile, a few scholarly articles on the topic. Recently, there's been some research of adoption of these tools in the corporate sector ( here and here ) And, if you're looking for a hands-on activity to introduce blogging to staff members, check this out. Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry ! and asking for ideas.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

The Wikipedia article on it is clean and concise and points to a lot of important sites. Del.icio.us , as the article points out, is the mother of all social bookmarking sites. And if you frequently do research on the web and need to save pointers to a great many sites, you will immediately see its value. Look it up.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Consultant Social Media Myspace Advocacy 31

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. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. The research has been going slowly -- partly because web analytics is a very complex and geeky topic. Young Einstein. How long are they staying on your site?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

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.” Square :: squareup.com.

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Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 258

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 3, 2006

I happened to be glancing at the Wikipedia article on Scrum , and noticed the following comments: Its intended use is for management of software development projects.However, it can theoretically be applied to any context where a group of people need to work together to achieve a common goal - such as setting up a small school, scientific research (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Research to incorporate in instructional materials. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning. Publish brief articles about your selected topic on a consistent basis. New articles appear at the top, so your visitors can easily read what???s

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? Post a Comment | by Share Article in Online Advocacy , Online Fundraising , Technology Reader Comments There are no comments for this journal entry. Ask about their throughput: how many transactions per second can they handle.

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Social Media Trend Advocacy Online 34

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I am 28 years old and am just beginning to work in consulting and training in the use of new web tools for research and communication. I have long been a dedicated web researcher, so when I started hearing about blogs and about RSS, I investigated. What type of work do you do in the nonprofit sector? I'm very excited about it.

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Wiki Technorati RSS Nonprofit 50

Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

Wikipedia : In philanthropy, donor intent is the purpose , sometimes publicly expressed, for which a philanthropist intends a charitable gift or bequest. Competitive Keyword Research. You can take your keyword research one step further by searching for related matches. Use keyword research tools to outrank the competition.

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Content Donation Marketing Online 112

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

As Kania and Kramer point out in their excellent article on collective impact, success isn’t lack of conflict or high marks on group harmony. Some of her past research projects include the Nonprofit Compensation & Benefits Report and Arizona Giving & Volunteering publications. Like this article? It soars.”. Get another!

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California San Diego Impact Story 95

Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

The following article was originally published in the June 2014 issue of User Experience Magazine. User research. For this reason, we try to incorporate some user research into every nonprofit design project we do. User research can also benefit nonprofits when designing communications beyond the website. Visual design.

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Design Experiment Nonprofit Profit 37

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia has become one of the top ten most-visited websites worldwide and is the only one in the top ten that is a non-profit initiative. Think of how Wikipedia works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

For a more detailed definition of tags, see the Wikipedia entry here. You can read more about how tagging makes knowledge management a more social experience in this paper by Rahmi Sinha , researcher. I like the article and diagram so much, I included it in the screencast. These tags are then shared and sometimes refined.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

According to Wikipedia content marketing is any marketing format that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire customers (or donors, volunteers, advocates, etc. Content Marketing benchmarks Blackbaud Content marketing Content Marketing Institute Nonprofit Content Marketing research'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

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.” Square :: squareup.com.

Fun 259

Fun Resource Mobile Social Media 259

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

clipping articles and links extremely easy. A nonprofit itself, the site is 100% fee-free and each story posted is independently researched and verified. Known as micro-volunteers, these individuals offer one or two hours a week to complete “Challenges” in the areas of technology, design, research, etc.

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Web Tools Free Mobile 262

Care2

OCTOBER 3, 2007

Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 11:38AM | by shannon Source: Wikipedia/Yotophoto.com When you send out a newsletter or email blast, you probably figure that your message will be seen by everyone you send it to, right? 60) Search « Dreaming of a Wiki? | Main | Is Going Local the Next Big Thing in Online Activism? That might not be the case.

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Spam Social Media email Advocacy 28

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

clipping articles and links extremely easy. 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.”

Web 276

Web Tools Free Mobile 276

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

clipping articles and links extremely easy. 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.”

Web 241

Web Tools Free Social Media 241

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

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.” Square :: squareup.com.

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