Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.” Casting Digital Shadows: What Is It, Really, and Remind Me Why I Care? The list of what they’re tracking includes things like your username, password, gender, and phone ID.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. Check out our Storify on how Creative Commons took over TechSoup's social channels. We are in pretty good company. The Creative Commons website is the best place to learn more about your options.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. People with too much energy can be channeled. It isn't just talking, you can channel your community to take action. . Wiki: Collective brain of humanity.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Your organization may be skeptical about the value of listening through social media channels. He encourages staff to listen on many different channels and to blog what they learn in order to share with members. There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Here's a few: Bloglines.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 6, 2005

You can hear last month's speakers, Chris Messina from Flock , CompuMentor's Marnie Webb and yours truly, on the NetSquared Channel on Odeo. Writing up a nonprofit profile only takes 15-20 minutes. Ed Batista, Executive Director of Attention Trust and Seth Sternberg from Meebo will be presenting. You can RSVP on Upcoming , or just show up!

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

If you want to pitch your story to several news outlets, you need to draft a press release, which you can later adapt for your website’s blog, your email marketing communications, and your social channels. Online sources like Wikipedia can help you find additional publications if you have a broad area. Include digital publications.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Post this same message to your social media channels. Post a reminder on your social media channels that day letting people know what you are raising money for, the goal, the match, and, finally, the link for those who want to give early. Post the video on your social media channels. This teaser email is important!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2013

Images, visuals, videos, and infographics are being staples of nonprofit’s content strategy, especially for social channels. Wikipedia Public Domain Images – Wikipedia uses public domain images and has organized a collection with information on how the photos can be used and attributed.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, 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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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

The back-channel was an especially active and important part of the conference this year. Efforts like Freebase , which hopes to be the wikipedia for data, are giving communities the ability to collaboratively share data. And now, on to the exciting bits. Sharing Authority.or Want to plot all the Wal-Marts on a map over time ?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Community sites often maintain this back-channel discussion with users after launch, letting them know about scheduled outages and ways they are addressing community concerns (for example, the Second Life blog and community meetings). In the Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Facebook Community Pages that were created by automating content from Wikipedia have been mostly removed from Facebook Search. YouTube launched a new channel design in March 2012 and as part of the new design, the comment section has been hidden (and the trolls with it) and the friend request functionality removed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Here's just three people/content connections on this topic that I found from Technorati search: A search on "tags" lead me directly to a YouTube channel from the Youth Health Alliance and a series of youth-created videos on nutrition, including the one above that explains why it is better to drink green tea versus software drinks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

The same sort of engine which powers Wikipedia can be put to work across a number of different “platforms”. They use many more devices, channels, and tools then "regular" people. He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, 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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, 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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Unthinkingly points us to the last mile wikipedia , a 400,000+ article no-images version of the wikipedia that fits snugly into a CD and launched by Geekcorps. It's called Moulin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

via Social Signal comes a suggestion to nonprofits to start monitoring their organization's Wikipedia entry because they often rank at or near the top of Google search results. Wiki That A Story Pitching Wiki at TechSoup is where you can submit your article ideas to editors.

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