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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Wikipedia's definition of widget also points to some popular, cultural, and technical, including: A comic book character and copyrighted image. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few comments over at Kikono too. " Some commenters suggest that bells and whistles are mostly for early adopters who can build a lot of buzz and help a site reach critical mass, although clever functionality is not a replacement for good content. Several commenters offer very good easons why they don't use their real names.

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NetSquared Mashup Challenge: How Do You Combine Data for Social Change?

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Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool." NetSquared badges to put on your blog, web site or email signature. • Thanks for helping to spread the word, and add a comment to this post if you enter! A YouTube video about the Challenge. •

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I particularly like the advice about how to use the comments for refining your point, a sort of thinking outloud and "Correct English be-damned" point. Charity Badges, Widgets, Virtual World Fundraising and More. LinkedIn is jumping on the Charity Badge bandwagon reports the KK blog. " Another write up about Kiva.

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