Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. The Wikimedia Foundation, which finances and oversees the nonprofit site, received a $1.2

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Last week I defined skills management by referencing and summarizing an existing Wikipedia article. ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. . ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. In other words the abilities that one possesses.

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NetWits

MARCH 10, 2012

According to Wikipedia … “Content marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation and sharing of content in order to engage current and potential constituent bases. Up from roughly 50% in the previous year. What’s content marketing?

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NCE Social Media

MARCH 25, 2009

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format (from Wikipedia ). Ideaware has an outstanding article on how to harness RSS to benefit your information needs. I would recommend reading it.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? ” And in a related article, the Chronicle discussed the challenge faced by the ALS Association in dealing with 2.4 Discussion and debate. It’s true – Mashable reported this amazing data milestone in September. million new donors.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

Wikipedia is another frequent starting point. It's good at showing how a particular technical topic relates to other subjects, and you can usually find useful links at the bottom of articles. It has helpful, succinct articles like The Difference Between CRM and ERP. Its specialty is tech advice without the jargon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. On Wikipedia synergy is defined as two or more things functioning together to produce a result not independently obtainable. 2) To tap into the power of synergy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

In the weeks after Google+ launched I saw a number of blog posts and articles about how brands should drop Facebook and Twitter, and migrate their communities over to Google+. On Wikipedia synergy is defined as two or more things functioning together to produce a result not independently obtainable. 2) To tap into the power of synergy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

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. By relying on volunteers, Wikipedia can draw on anyone to share their knowledge on a topic, check facts, or accurately translate content. Building a Wiki.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 21, 2011

There’s a great Wikipedia article to do the work for me. Sony has it’s own reader and format, although, like the Nook and the Kindle, can read a variety of formats. I won’t go into exhaustive detail here on the wide variety of readers and formats. What I want to talk a bit about is what’s next.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

a))” [Wikipedia] GyrusAim has developed a feature for supporting compliance with Title 21 CFR Part 11. "Title 21 CFR Part 11" Wikipedia. In fact, you would be hard pressed to identify matching features across the entirety of the industry. Beal, Vangie. "What "What Is API – Application Program Interface?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

It’s actually because someone included it in a Wikipedia Article (no, it wasn’t me.). Here’s the top 10 list for 2008: 1) Remember when 1 MB was alot ? I wrote this post back in 2005, and it is the most popular in 2008! 2) Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on July 27th. 3) No More Custom CMS.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Ars Technica reports that hackers are expanding their password cracking frontiers into Wikipedia, YouTube, song lyrics, and other works of literature or writing. Lovecraft story "The Call of Cthulu" and it is noted in a Wikipedia entry. Password hackers are using some new tactics to break into your online accounts.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Here’s how I did it: First, I began by publishing a blog post with a content offer that was relevant to the article. Not only does it condense the article into a 2-minute read, but this checklist doubles the value by offering 7 bonus strategies not found in the post. The top 10 articles on diabetes research average 17,188 shares.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. 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.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 22, 2007

And then there are all the articles, blogs, and videos that my Facebook contacts post every day. Here's an article posted by Amy Luckey at GEO (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) that talks about the use of collaborative web tools to strengthen the relationships between funders and organizations. Grantmaking 2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. Many of the original articles were purchased from Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia under a non-exclusive contract.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information. Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. We are in pretty good company.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 4, 2009

Wikipedia can help you decipher some of it. Our recent article, Unified Communications Options for Nonprofits can too. I don't know about you, but I have always found the terminology around telephone systems a little complex and unnecessarily confusing and I come from an IT background. PBX, POTS, PSTN, Trunk Lines.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

OpenBusiness has a post called " Getting Rich Off Those Who Work for Free " which is summarizing a recent article about this in Time Magazine. 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. s big idea???that

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2010

So, you can imagine my utter delight when I stumbled across this phrase as I was reading an entry on Wikipedia: “This paragraph may contain unsourced peacock terms that merely promote the subject without imparting verifiable information.” The point of adding information to Wikipedia is to give information seekers more information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2005

A couple things about this article " Cambodian ex-monarch joins blogger community " in the Taipei Times caught my attention. The King's Royal Blog (which is written in french, english, and Khmer) and ability to make the article into wikipedia links.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2010

So, you can imagine my utter delight when I stumbled across this phrase as I was reading an entry on Wikipedia: “This paragraph may contain unsourced peacock terms that merely promote the subject without imparting verifiable information.” The point of adding information to Wikipedia is to give information seekers more information.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2007

The wikipedia article on Network Neutrality gives a nice introductory survey to this issue. But when a major corporation like AT&T simply protects its own reputation -- at first glance an irreproachable act -- the freedom to communicate over the net is significantly compromised.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. For more interesting uses of technology, please check out the TechSoup for Libraries blog , where you can find the most recent article in this month's series, " Interesting Uses of Technology: Social Media."

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

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 Users need a grounding point to understand your data. They need something to put into a perspective that they relate to intuitively.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We see this with a much greater ability to lower prices, to offer all you can read subscription pricing plans, to choose to license content freely, to publish open access articles, and so on. Technology advances have created the opportunity for many of us to experiment with one or more of these models.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. Mukono, Uganda: First Term Mobile Solar Computer Training Meetup for Kikandwa Primary School. Asia and Pacific Rim. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Wellington, New Zealand: Learn to Sketch Your Ideas. Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Saturday, April 4, 2015. Tuesday, March 17, 2015.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Wikipedia sums it up nicely : "A blog carnival is a type of blog event. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the form of a blog article that contains permalinks links to other blog articles on the particular topic. One way to spread the word about your blog is to participate in a blog carnival.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2005

Some examples: Mambo Love Opera KD Creative Commons Spread FireFox Wikipedia Promotion SpreadOpen Office. Some articles analyzing campaigns or reflections. The terms applies to community-driven marketing and pr campaigns to gather support for open source software. Lessig: post 1 and post 2 Factory Joe Spread Spread Posts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator. Photoshop's companion program, Illustrator, is a fantastic program for creating and manipulating vector graphics.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator. Photoshop's companion program, Illustrator, is a fantastic program for creating and manipulating vector graphics.

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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. Beware : Before you plaster your office with QR codes directing folks to a mobile optimized donation form, check out this helpful article on QR codes gone bad. blog earlier this year.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

See a good deal more about the new cloud computing online services and other ways of working collaboratively in the TechSoup article: A Few Good Tools for Sharing Files with Distributed Groups. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia. Additional Resources. Online Project Management Tools. Online Collaboration NPLive Recap.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

I found the Wikipedia entry for Ken Burns. With just over 14 000 articles collected to date, the Muppets seem to have a host of loyal supporters who are ready to contribute information about the ???world Interesting, Four-Eyed Monsters , the poster child for social media and filmmaking, does not appear to have a wiki. That's a start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them. Facebook - to stay connected / reach out to potential supporters. YouTube - to host trailers and clips of the films we work with.

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