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Your #NPtech Community Calendar for July

Tech Soup

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. Boston, Massachusetts: What Nonprofits Can (and Cannot) Learn from Wikipedia. Image : Chris Heuer / CC BY-NC-SA. Seattle, Washington.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A great source for images for your nonprofit’s website, blog, e-newsletter, and social networking profiles. This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Creative Commons on Flickr :: flickr.com/creativecommons. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Treat Your Website Project Like an Investment Rather than an Expense

Tech Soup

Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). Calendar API integration: $2000. Image: TechSoup. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. It also means you can pick up your site and take it to any vendor. Staff cost: $40/hour.

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The Deep Learning When Nonprofit Techies Get Together

Tech Soup

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES. Image Name: Author / License. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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In With the QR In Crowd

Connection Cafe

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. When scanned using an app for your smartphone, they automatically take you to a website, image hosted on the web, calendar invite, series of text, or other types of content. Check it !

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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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Those whacky wikis

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Probably the most dramatic wiki project is the wikiPedia - an online encyclopedia edited by -- the entire world. Pages can have comments, images, and a list of file attachments. A team of volunteers looks over the changes each day and reverts the edits they deem unacceptable back to the prior version. a month, it's hard to complain.

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