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AI for Nonprofits and Social Good: Link Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. The demonstration sparked a discussion around the ethical issues of having people unknowingly interact with bots. More on the new law here.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. High bandwidth to your home or office is a necessary requirement to cloud computing.

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Email in the Cloud: A Google Apps Case Study

Tech Soup

I talked with Doug Bastien, OCASI's Online Capacity Development Facilitator, and Dave Montague, IT Manager, to find out what prompted them to switch to Google Apps and what their experience has been. What issues has OCASI run into? Why did OCASI move to Google Apps? How have they been dealt with?

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Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The new framing for this familiar issue is one of balance. Bradley Horowitz from Google was very funny, he said, "You have to learn how to turn gmail off and live in it, in my case I can turn all of email off." She reaching for her blackberry facilitated "hyperthinking" with others. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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July NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

Tech Soup

But in dealing with software issues and the visually impaired, it can be a challenge. Gmail Motion. Originally an April Fools joke from Google, Gmail motion has been turned into reality. The technology, built on Microsoft Kinect, allows gmail users to use their body movements to control gmail, rather than a click of the mouse.

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Social Media Through a New Lens, Part 2

NonProfit Hub

Creating connections and making friends on social media is vastly important, but social media facilitates the relationship, it is not the relationship itself. Google+ was only really ever successful because Google automatically created an account for new and existing users of Gmail. From the jump they had several million users.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. The program provides focused attention on key compliance issues for both private foundations and charitable organizations, plus practical walk-throughs of an IRS audit and an Attorney General Investigation. So don't wait!