Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

What is Web 2.0 by Iulian Commanescu The definitions are fluid when it comes to Web 2.0. He covered the following platforms: Blogs: It is more than a web site, built by one person or a small community or group of bloggers. Conversation is very important and the nature of Web 2.0. User generated content - Web 2.0

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

.&# He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is. Thanks for the comments! at 2:54 pm Just checking in to say how much I enjoy your blog.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Zuckerberg has partnered with Samsung, Nokia, Opera, and others to bring more affordable web access by way of smartphones. At the MWC keynote, Zuckerberg laid out his vision for a low-cost data plan that would include basic search and social networking and Wikipedia access – essentially all text-based services. Image 1: miuet.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

If you've never viewed a site using a mobile device, and you're in charge of your organization's web presence, then I implore you to borrow someone's smartphone so you can see for yourself. First, go to one of my favorite sites - Wikipedia. Then, click on the link that says "View this page on regular Wikipedia."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

at 11:01 am { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Joe Baker 09.24.08 ’ [Your captcha is asking me to type a slightly naughty word) 2 Mr Web Service 09.25.08 Personally I love open source and think it’s part of what the web’s about. at 8:02 pm I agree that openness is the key. 5 friarminor 09.30.08

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Deeper conversations about practice take place in blog comments, webinars, online chats and on Facebook. IdeaEncore is a nice solution for organizations that have limited web resources and want to share not just their own resources, but those of other compatible organizations. commenting on any item. Some are huge. rating items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

This is both the hard and fun part of making web videos. According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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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. Leave a comment below if you'd be interested in an Illustrator series like this one from TechSoup, too. Save for Web. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator.

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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. Leave a comment below if you'd be interested in an Illustrator series like this one from TechSoup, too. Save for Web. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

Wikipane (PowerPoint 2013, Word 2013) helps you look up answers quickly by bringing Wikipedia content available directly in a Microsoft Office task pane. Microsoft Office vs. Offie 365 vs. Office Web Apps: How Do They Differ and How Can They Work Together? Share your favorite apps in the comments below.

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See3

JANUARY 14, 2008

It is a story really about how the web connects people who otherwise would never know each other. I still need some help with this so that we can dislodge the evil Michael Hoffman from his Google and Wikipedia rankings. Take a minute now to Google yourself and all of your top staff or consultants.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Thanks to Bryan Kennedy from the Science Museum of Minnesota for providing this overview/reflection on the Museums and the Web conference that recently concluded in Montreal. I was particularly interested in the ECHO project and Bryan's comments about the lack of in-house technical staff in museums and how that affects ability to innovate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

For more details, see this wikipedia entry. It is one of a number of "life streaming applications" where individuals and organizations who are active on the social web can port their activity across social networks into one, easy to follow, read, and comment activity stream.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Untitled Document : "TechSoup NetSquared Project to Remix Web for Social Change; Call for Participation in Using Web 2.0 It is the first-ever public dialog on fostering the adoption of Web 2.0 Web-based social tools open up unimagined possibilities for our sector, nationally and internationally.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Contact him at mhowes@mediamatters.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Terms like social media, digital media, new media, citizen media, participatory media, peer-to-peer media, social web, participatory web, peer-to-peer web, read write web, social computing, social software, web 2.0, Different thinkers and practitioners use different terms to describe similar tools and practices.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using databases since I was a grad student in the 80s, and I’ve been designing and developing database-driven applications for the web since 1995. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S.

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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. Also, are you directing your potential supporters to a spot on your web site where they can sign up for your email list or get into your CRM? You've got a lot going on here!

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Boston, Massachusetts: What Nonprofits Can (and Cannot) Learn from Wikipedia. Denver, Colorado: Not Your Grandmother's Website: Mobile/Responsive Web Development. The link need to be like so: Africa. Seattle, Washington.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If your organization needs convincing that its time to adopt HTML5, just share the following tidbit from Wikipedia with the powers that be: “According to a report released on 30 September 2011, 34 of the world's top 100 Web sites were using HTML5.” ” 2) Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Help bring back Ranger Rick's profile Email: appeals-comment@facebook.com and ask them to let Ranger Rick exist on Facebook! Also, don't forget to vote for these nonprofit oriented panels at sxsw ) Ruby Sinreich suggests that everyone should read this article about nonprofits and Web 2.0. Peter Gulka had plenty to say about the lab.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 23, 2007

Whether those collaborations take the form of the set of Amazon book reviews that affect your purchasing or the development of wikipedia entries, short-format contributions can be quickly assembled into a reasonable composite. As a consummate potlucker, this comment immediately resonated with me. application like MySpace or Wikipedia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

She shares some of the internal conversation her colleagues on staff and their differing views: It took a little more work to convince my co-workers [about web 2.0 For me, the web and 2.0 A few comments over at Kikono too. What does web site stickiness mean in the context of Web2.0? " prompted some discussion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. URLs for your blog, web site, online community. Once you have a policy around who will respond, you will get down to commenting and engaging in conversation. How to Comment like a Queen by Vicky Davis The Art of Responding by Beth Kanter 6.

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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. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. NpTech Community. Expo Ignite!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 13, 2009

In the interview, we talk about the idea of Web 2.0 The extent to which I can learn from Wikipedia or waste time on Youtube is directly proportional to the volume of other users' participation--creators, critics, and spectators alike. Sometime this week, please think about this question and share your response here as a comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. The social web makes it easy for your find people with exactly the same passion. Business Opportunities Web Blog Network. Leave a comment on a post. Hiring people.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

I got dissapproving comments by half a dozen readers - typical was a comment from Mike at Mind Valley who says: I am surprised that you doubt the business value of tagging and social bookmarking. But personally, tagging and social bookmarking are an essential part of how I use the web. So sure, let's talk about tagging.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 9, 2005

In our search for collaboration tools we've been looking at web sites that in one way or another make use of the wiki model - pages which are freely editable by a community of users. Probably the most dramatic wiki project is the wikiPedia - an online encyclopedia edited by -- the entire world. a month, it's hard to complain.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

Jeremy Price offered a comment on my last blog post with a link to an excellent article by Lee Shulman on the uses and abuses of taxonomies in educational theory. Dr. Shulman offers the great example of doctors, relating a comment from a surgeon that, “’Internists make a diagnosis in order to act. But now, web usage is different.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0: The Broadcast Web.” ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

the comments on this one, including a response manifesto by educational technologist Ira Socol. And on the assets side, we’re being rendered obsolete by digitization and the Web. Regardless of how museums and libraries portray themselves, it’s clear to users: Wikipedia belongs to them. From the Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

I first "met" Marshall when he left a comment on my blog about the interview with Marnie Webb. 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 try to make my blog a place people can come to learn about new developments on the web.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

It makes us uncomfortable with opening museum content up to comment, tagging, and alterations by visitors. When we allow visitors to add their own bits to exhibit labels or react on the web, we often ask them to add their name. In the Web 2.0 Why don't we stand behind our words the way reporters do? But this goes both ways.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) To create a new comment, use the form below.

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