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How Wikipedia Faces Emerging Knowledge with Collective Capital

Non Profit Quarterly

Health crises such as the recent outbreak of coronavirus add a heightened level of urgency to the work that Wikipedia does on a daily basis, and so Marketplace ’s Molly Wood sat down with Katherine Maher, chief executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , to talk about the challenges of misinformation and the future.

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HOW TO: Merge Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Community Page with Your Official Page

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Most nonprofit’s have no idea that they likely have a Facebook Community Page. That means your nonprofit needs to find your community page(s) and request to merge it with your Official Facebook Page. There are two ways to discover whether your nonprofit has a community page. Step 2 :: Find your Facebook Community Page.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

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 Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I promise (!)

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Open Source Database solutions part I

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 Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I promise (!)

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

Get Fully Funded

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. Keep the pitch focused on the issue, not what programs your nonprofit offers to help people.

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How to Plan a Simple Yet Powerful Giving Tuesday Campaign

Get Fully Funded

billion to nonprofits on Giving Tuesday in 2021. On Giving Tuesday, donors who might normally give $25 may step up to give $100 and people who have never given at all may give to two or three nonprofits in a single day. Sadly, some nonprofits don’t see the opportunity. Donors gave an astounding $2.7 How do I get in on that? .

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