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Tagging Discussion

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in. But is efficiency the most important thing?

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Candid uses machine learning to automatically tag new grants, request for proposals (RFPs), and mission statements to our Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) taxonomy—or our way of organizing and enriching data to make it usable. Turning data we collect into the most comprehensive view of the social sector.

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NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. He observes that folksonomies are in the early stages of development. " In the comments of Gavin's post , Marnie describes how an emergent NpTech taxnomy might be developed.

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Does Your Nonprofit Have A Social Media Work Flow?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tag and flag. How did you develop it? Image from Steve Heye. ” It is the work flow documented and visualized that answers the question, “What if we get a negative comment? Flow control. Crisis situations. If then scenarios. Ascertain situation. First response. Engage in public/private channel. When not to respond.

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If I could do the NpTech Tag Over Again.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I just noticed a session at the Nonprofit Software Developers Summit that is probably happening right now. The NPTech tag is used on del.icio.us It started right when these sites had just started, and it arose from the need to develop a nonprofit technology taxonomy. Marnie Webb is facilitating.

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Museum Collections and Tagging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

grab a fabric patch, write a post, and stitch it together with a technorati tag like "digital.quilt" This project is one of several where museums experimenting with folksonomies. The Art Museum Community Cataloging Project is another experiment of how social tagging of art may make it more accessible to the general public.

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Great reads from around the web on July 18th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, I’ll start with a basic taxonomy of these trends, and unpack each one over time. To keep posted, share ideas and promote through your networks:Twitter #tag for this upcoming visit will be #incgen11 or Email cy@hkcss.org.hk " International Digital Youth Work Events, 20th-23rd Sep – What can you share?

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