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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Users active in online social environments based on social objects like Flickr (photography), Ravelry (knitting), and Wikipedia (information) often trend older. This means that teens are not necessarily more savvy or more interested than other groups in engaging in communities of practice around content experiences.

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Intuition vs. Data: How VolunteerMatch Uses Data to Change the Way It Makes Strategic Decisions

NTEN

Wikipedia has a great primer on cognitive bias for amateur organizational psychologists. We could see that the internet was deluged with "me-too" Facebook implementations, and we lacked clear data on the potential impact of the change. In terms of our key metrics, however, we saw little impact from Facebook Connect.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Economic Impacts. Photography students use Flickr to post, organize, share, and critique their colleagues?????? Wikipedia , the online open-community encyclopedia, is the most well known. Fundraising Campaign - Street Kids. For teaching and learning. Some examples of flickr groups found in flickr that relate to Extension themes.

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60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A search engine that “knows millions of things” about people, places, and history, Qwiki takes the information from your Wikipedia Page and converts it into a more visual format complete with audio, video, digital photography, and the ability to “Improve This Qwiki.” TweetSheet :: vizify.com/tweetsheet.

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85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Microsoft Local Impact Map is a low-cost visual mapping tool ideal for nonprofits that have multiple chapters or programs. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Meetup :: meetup.com. TweetSheet :: vizify.com/tweetsheet. TwitSprout :: twitsprout.com.

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70 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. Microsoft Local Impact Map is a low-cost visual mapping tool ideal for nonprofits that have multiple chapters or programs. For example, see the Local Impact Map for TechSoup.org. Meetup :: meetup.com. TweetSheet :: vizify.com/tweetsheet. TwitSprout :: twitsprout.com.

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