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The Starting Line: Great Tips for Beginning a WordPress Blog

Byte Technology

And although that number includes a lot of fly-by-nights sites and those who don’t have staying power, blogging—especially via a WordPress site, an innovator and leader in the technology—is still a force to be reckoned with on the Internet. Unfortunately there are lots of reasons that some blogs don’t make the grade and wither and die.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I talked about the change in workstyle that is needed before codifying a social culture through a social media policy. We had a very reliable Internet connection. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication.

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5 Pros and Cons of Virtual Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Achieve

Unlike in-person events, virtual events can be accessed by anyone around the world with an internet connection and an interest in your cause. For instance, attendees might hop between their email tab and your event, or even close their laptop screen altogether if your virtual event isn’t engaging enough. .

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6 Website Elements to Include to Drive Year-Round Donations

Greater Giving

Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike. Mobile fundraising will only grow in importance as more and more people begin to rely on their smartphones for most of their internet browsing activities. Mobile-friendly formatting.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The physical space is an open lab space, with lots of white boards, fast wifi, turkish coffee, and lots of geeks sitting on bean bag chairs or at tables with laptops on their laps coding and hacking on their projects. I go through my slides and think will this metaphor or idea translate to this cultural context.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Given the difficulty in unpacking all of the socio-economic, cultural, political, educational, and other mutually-reinforcing components of digital inequality, simple metaphors can't carry the weight. Sure, the average price of a computer has been falling for years, but that doesn't take into account the recurring cost of Internet access.

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How to Train and Develop Millennials

Gyrus

The culture around the youth of this generation was forged on the idea that we would be glued to computers throughout our aging and we were. We move to our smartphones, to our laptops, to the attached screens on our desk, and at any time we could have hundreds of active tabs open and ready for our immediate use. Group Work.