Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2006

Many of us were digusted earlier this month to learn that once again Yahoo had cooperated with the Chinese authorities' request to turn over a citizen's private records, this time the discussion group threads of 35 year-old Li Zhi. The design patterns all have accessibility sections - which is great to see. It's certainly big news.

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Byte Technology

JULY 6, 2016

Ironically, the main culprit diverting legit emails into spam folders are the very tools—spam filters—we rely on to keep ourselves from being bombarded by annoying offers and fake messages that often contain viruses and malware designed to infect our computers and, in serious cases, steal personal information.

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Byte Technology

JULY 13, 2015

Indeed, today’s Google, Yahoo and others barely resemble their clunky ancestors who returned sloppy and often meaningless listings for even simple searches. For those confused about whether to stress the use of keywords in their online campaigns and web design strategies, consider these points. Placement Over Frequency.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It’s been well over a year since Yahoo’s controversial non-telecommuting policy, which created a firestorm of reaction. It was the end of February in 2013 when Yahoo’s celebrated young CEO, Marissa Mayer, decided to end telecommuting at Yahoo to boost collaboration and communication within the company.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 12, 2011

Mobile search engines like Google Mobile , Yahoo! A simple design with very little images. Mobile websites need to be simple in design with only a few low-resolution images too ensure fast download time. On the Mobile Web, it’s 1999 all over again. Like dial-up for desktop, we are in the Era of 3G for mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2015

However, you can have an exceptionally well-designed, useful infographic, but if its not compatible with social media and mobile devices, then it’s unlikely to gain traction. To maximize traffic and social sharing, embed your infographic on a responsively designed landing page to ensure mobile compatibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

Ask for your raise first, and then ask for a budget for graphic design work (avatar, Twitter background, YouTube Channel background, Facebook banners, etc.), 8) Do not use a Gmail, Yahoo, or Hotmail email address for your professional communications. We’re now 10 years into the Social Web. yourname@amnesty.org.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Poor Design. Four of the five email designs I looked at today we’re plain text – i.e. they didn’t even have basic design. Every major email reader (Outlook, gmail, yahoo, etc) can handle images just fine. Every major email reader (Outlook, gmail, yahoo, etc) can handle images just fine.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Selected in 2009 as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence and nominated in 2015 as one of Metro Vancouver’s YWCA Women of Distinction in the category of arts, culture, and design . Ami McReynolds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Gmail, Yahoo, etc. 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits is a blog and webinar series (written and presented by Heather Mansfield ) on website design, email marketing, online fundraising, and social media best practices for nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

Postalicious is a WordPress plugin that automatically posts your delicious, ma.gnolia, Google Reader, Reddit or Yahoo Pipes bookmarks to your blog. The exact details of how your bookmarks are posted are very customizable and are designed to meet your specific needs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2008

More and more websites are designed not only with Firefox in mind, but sometimes even primarily with Firefox. Delicious Bookmarks - this is the official plug in from Yahoo. I’m in love with Firefox. I’ve actually been in love with Firefox since 3.0, Fire.fm - I’m in love with both Pandora and Last.fm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2013

It’s more corporate content control, but that’s what we get from relying on free (but privately held) tools.” ” This isn’t the first time the nonprofit community has been screwed by using free tools own by corporations. Visualization techniques – from note-taking to creative idea generation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

With the recent launch of AmazonSmile, customers simply go to smile.amazon.com , designate a 501(c)(3) organization, shop the same way they would on amazon.com, and the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of those eligible purchases to the designated organization — with no maximum. The nonprofits who sign up do so at no cost.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 1, 2009

It took a while, but I finally have a template that seems to be working well for us: I’ve tested the template in Outlook (2003 and 2007), Gmail, AOL, Yahoo and Apple Mail and it looks just like the screen shot above, or close enough. By a very wide margin. There are HTML editors of all different shapes and sizes.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Are you still using a Gmail, Yahoo!, Our free Office 365 workshops are designed to help nonprofits that want to use their domain name for their email service. or similar email address for your organization?

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! I have a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design , but I don't think I'm a very good designer. once which was a trip. While I was with WWD, I worked with Anne Zelenka on her book, Connect!

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 14, 2010

While at WWD I had my posts make it to the front page of Digg a few times, and the front page of Yahoo! I have a BFA in Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art & Design , but I don't think I'm a very good designer. once which was a trip. My name is even on the cover. You can still order it on Amazon.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Spend the time to write and design your own custom banners that do justice to your story. Here's the rundown: Yahoo! It allows users to upload their own creative and serve it across Yahoo!'s There is no minimum budget and I like how Yahoo!'s Similar to Yahoo!, What do creatives need to consider? Don't do that.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 27, 2015

No matter what Google, Bing, or Yahoo do with their search algorithms, your constituents need to be able to access your services and information via a mobile device. Furthermore, Google's long-term plans for its algorithm remain unknown, as do the plans for other search engines, such as Bing and Yahoo!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2014

On a desktop, it’s also visible in your Gmail and Yahoo inbox (and probably others, too). On a desktop – if you have Outlook pulled up or are signed into your Google account – the preheader is part of the alert that briefly appears in the bottom right corner when a new message arrives. How to Set Your Preheader.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2015

billion online searches a day are only attributed to one search engine, not accounting for Bing, Yahoo!, That’s roughly three. queries per minute, and more than 3.5. And that’s just Google – 3.5 Ask, AOL or any other search engines. In today’s technology-driven world – and with nearly 300 million Internet users in the U.S.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 30, 2009

Unread indicators for Gmail, Yahoo! There are some specifically designed to add the necessary Javascript code for dock badges in Fluid. Here are some other features that I am loving: Apps can have dock badges! This is killer. There’s a Javascript API for developers to add this functionality. Mail, Facebook are built in to Fluid.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2014

For those of you who use Gmail and Yahoo for your work, Unroll.me. and then mark the designated color for each new appointment you set up. Then set specific times, say, 3-6 times a day when you will actually check email (preferably during breaks between big chunks of work on your actual to do list). Distracted.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Microsoft offers a similar ad grant program for their websites such as Bing and Yahoo. For example, Google offers the Google Ad Grants program , giving nonprofits $10,000 per month to spend on Google advertising campaigns. In-kind donations In-kind donations are a form of noncash donations and are typically goods or services.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Her diverse experience with notable companies like Smart Chicken, Hayneedle, Yahoo!, Author Bio: Angie Kubicek is a strategic, multidisciplinary marketing professional with an eye for innovation. Bailey Lauerman and Complete Nutrition, gave her unique opportunities to experience both client and agency workflows. Skill sets include.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

Types of advertising can include a combination of any of the following: Social media marketing and news feed ads Search engine marketing ads (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc.) Digital marketing consists of advertising campaigns that include targeted research and outreach segmented by geographic location, demographics, specific interests, and more.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

If you don’t know about Flickr , it’s a popular photo sharing site that can be used by nonprofits. They just announced a program to give nonprofits some free “pro&# accounts. So what can nonprofits do with Flickr?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

I voted for the Red Cross in honor my colleague Wendy Harman) Ever since the first online competition launched in December 2006 by Network for Good and Yahoo (ahem, I came in first for my charity, the Sharing Foundation ), online contests have been a popular way for corporations, Web 2.0 companies, and even foundations to give away money.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Counting tags or relying on software generated accessibility scores is not going to do the trick -- you need to test your design. Nate Koechley, Senior Engineer and Design Liaison at Yahoo, is quoted as saying: "There's no real substitute for testing and putting it in front of users."

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

According to Ars Technica , Outlook.com retains many of the features and functions of Hotmail, so it is designed to be pretty intuitive for Hotmail users. Users of other services like Gmail or Yahoo Mail can set up a new @outlook.com address and have their other accounts forwarded. There is no need to change your Hotmail address.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

Twitter's technical staff was only 10 percent women, and Facebook and Yahoo's was at 15 percent. For example, Year Up designed a curriculum for JPMorgan Chase , training students to work in the company's anti-money-laundering operations. Caucasians made up 60 percent of computer science degree recipients.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The National Wildlife Federation’s website is responsively designed for smartphone browsing. It’s ironic how Web design has come full circle. The evolution of Web design aesthetics over the last 10 to 15 years has been directly correlated with the increase in speed of Internet access. Keep Design and Navigation Simple.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2007

Last night I was catching up on some of 400 plus feeds, I saw the word "social aggregator" in a TechCrunch post that mentioned social aggregators that both Yahoo and Google were working on. And, then this post from Dave Winer caught my eye: The next evolution of the web is to deconstruct social networks into their components.

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See3

AUGUST 1, 2007

Yahoo Contact the Webmaster Link to Article youtube Change the Debate in 2008 » Posted at See What’s Out There on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Change the Debate in 2008 August 1st, 2007 We are proud to add NARAL Pro-Choice America to our client list. Sign the petition here.

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Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Knowing where your emails are read will also let you make data-driven decisions about template design and layout. Take Google design principles to heart : speed and simplicity matter even more on mobile. 2000 - 2010. iPhone/iPad. Live Hotmail. Google Gmail. 3) Optimize your messages for mobile.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

If Google is receiving thousands of demands digging into the intimate details of individual lives that are captured in emails, search histories, reading and viewing logs, and the like, how many more are going out to Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and the thousands of other online services that we use every day?

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