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Want to Get Your Content Out There? Put it on Wikipedia.

Museum 2.0

It might be Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an incredible place to reach hungry learners and join a community of dedicated researchers who care deeply about making knowledge accessible to everyone. This isn't rocket science, but it's surprising how few museums have gotten involved with Wikipedia. Anyone can contribute to it.

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Interesting Uses of Technology: Virtual Libraries in Second Life

Tech Soup

YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. This new hierarchy model is the basis for my exploration of virtual media as a delivery mode." She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research. The Rise of Virtual Libraries.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. Dipity :: dipity.com. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. oneforty :: oneforty.com.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Lots of the social media and interactive Web 2.0 Most of the content was (and is) user generated.

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National Library Week and Bookshare

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

People interact in the library in ways they never would at coffee shops. Our volunteer list is long, but the active volunteers get to know one another virtually very quickly. Our volunteer list is long, but the active volunteers get to know one another virtually very quickly. Bookshare is no different. at its core. Library 2.0

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6 Technology Concepts Nonprofits Need to Understand in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Advancements in internet technology will change how we live, how we serve, how we fundraise, and how we interact with humans, the natural world, and machines. – Wikipedia. – Wikipedia. A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security. – Wikipedia.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most people understand that a community that has a large number of members (size) who have strong relationships and frequent interactions with each other (strength) is better than a community which doesn’t. Mastering each tool individually seems like a lot of work and a lot of people give up even before they begin.