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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? Be Helpful.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let's begin with big picture question that Gavin raised: What purpose do folksonomies serve? 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. How are they different from taxonomies?

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Why nonprofits should use tags

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ruby Sinreich at Lotus Media has written an excellent post on " Why Nonprofits Should Use Tags." they value the idea of contributing to a collective folksonomy. " Ruby suggests there are two main reasons why bloggers use tags: 1. Other bloggers do it, and 2. since I use it as a teaching tool.)

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Catching up

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

and the ways it’s made itself into the nonprofit sector. particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 How many nonprofits really need to have a blog? Obviously, the biggest change is the ubiquitous nature of Web 2.0, I think that a lot of Web 2.0,

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Google Analytics vs Site Meter

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 Google Analytics vs Site Meter September 18, 2006 Yes, I promise, the post on tagging and folksonomies is coming. I think some nonprofits should read it. It’s funny, and appropriate.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. One tagging tool that is overlooked as a nonprofit resource is social bookmarks. What Value Do Folksonomies Bring To The Online Museum Collection?

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Social Bookmarking Conversation Continues While Inventing New Words

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The holy grail for me (someone who works with nonprofits) would be a well designed interface for del.icio.us. needs more nonprofit substance. to some nonprofit staff people who are struggling with information overload and managing personal collections of web-based resources they need to do their work.