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Doing the Conventional, Unconventionally

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikimedia is the non profit that operates and manages all Wikimedia projects from Wikipedia to Wikibooks, Wikiversity to Wikispecies.). Anna Muoio is a consultant with Monitor Institute. (Much more detail outlining the process and the facilitation can be found here: “Wikimedia strategic planning wiki,” [link].

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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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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So here is my current survey of the landscape. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I’d argue that PostgreSQL is a better choice, but for most nptech applications, it doesn’t matter – what matters is what your tech/consultant knows, and that’s much more likely to be MySQL.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So here is my current survey of the landscape. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I’d argue that PostgreSQL is a better choice, but for most nptech applications, it doesn’t matter – what matters is what your tech/consultant knows, and that’s much more likely to be MySQL.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The winners get $65,000 in-kind contributions of consulting, hardware, and software. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Video, Wikis, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networking Wikiscan let's you see who is editing wikipedia as mentioned in a recent Wired Magazine article.

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Nonprofit CRM Trends Plus How to Choose an eCRM - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Also, NTEN recently published a report on the results of a survey covering CRM satisfaction. When I say total cost be sure youre getting not just the prices of the technology, but also any consulting or professional services youll need to include. Its available for download here. I hope you enjoy the interview below.