Candid

JUNE 5, 2023

All this work would be significantly more difficult if it weren’t for Candid’s taxonomy, the Philanthropy Classification System (or PCS). A taxonomy is simply a system of classification, or a way of organizing things. This year, Candid is updating its taxonomy.

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Taxonomy Proposal Comment Change 98

Candid

MAY 4, 2023

The subject area is based on the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE). For definitions of leader levels and the full list of demographic survey questions and response options, see How to collect and share demographic data. Nonprofits are most likely to share data at the leader level and on gender and race/ethnicity.

Demographics 98

Demographics Share Data Taxonomy 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Jeremiah Owyang’s post, ”Social Media Work Flow,” offers a good taxonomy for a social media work flow, triage, or process. Image from Steve Heye. ” It is the work flow documented and visualized that answers the question, “What if we get a negative comment? How did you develop it?

Social Media 105

Social Media Taxonomy Work Media 105

NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

First the good: While there’s definite improvements to be made, NTEN’s existing site does have clean appearance that is fairly simple to use. As one respondent wrote, [the site] "does not reflect the fun, caring, social personality of NTEN and the NTEN community. Here''s what you had to say.

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NTEN Survey Results Websites 68

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2007

How are they different from taxonomies? Gavin's post does a great job explaining the definitions and the advantages of a taxonomy over a folksonomy. A traditional rigorous taxonomy scheme includes "synoynm ring" - basically, just a bunch of synonyms mapped together - why not use that to standardize the tags(i.e.

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Guidelines Nptech Folksonomy Tag 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The definition of links or how you're connected is defined however you want. Interesting, one of the backchannel comments was the definition of an expert. My definition is that your knowledge lives in the clouds. Network maps are "talking documents" or prompts for reflection and strategizing. Source: Monitor Institute.

Analysis 95

Analysis Social Network America Network 95

Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

These categories build off of the extensive taxonomy Candid has developed over years—based on data from over 17 million grants—which we have jointly adapted to capture work related to human rights. Our “population” categorization does not reflect complex lived identities. It also does not tell us who is leading the work.

Map 98

Map Fund Taxonomy Analysis 98