Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. 22: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 22: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 14: V-Day — #VDay.

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Gyrus

APRIL 19, 2016

In the digital world, one can turn to a blog, Wikipedia, social media platforms, online knowledge forums, videos, etc. You might think if there is a concrete need of a Learning Management System (LMS) versus letting the employees find and learn on their own. will be a problem if you just let your employees learn on their own.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

That said, please also see public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months when planning your campaigns. 23: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2017 and 2018 editorial calendars.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Integrations: All major data sources – Learn about the Looker Platform. Microsoft Power BI – Wikipedia. Amplitude (company) – Wikipedia. Mixpanel – Wikipedia. Looker is a good option for nonprofits that have medium to large amounts of data and need to be able to visualize it in different ways.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) frameworks and approaches may not be as objective as they seem. For whom is monitoring, evaluation, and learning being done? Where does the learning go? As grantmakers, we can reconsider traditional monitoring, evaluation and learning approaches from start to finish.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

I had the chance to connect with more than 25 NetSquared organizers during the week, and that face-to-face time was a powerful reminder of the deep learning that happens when nonprofit techies get together in a room. Wellington, New Zealand: Learn to Sketch Your Ideas. Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Last week I defined skills management by referencing and summarizing an existing Wikipedia article. ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. . ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. In other words the abilities that one possesses.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? Instead, ALSA should start the process of learning about those donors and identifying segments for outreach. Learn from it. Discussion and debate. It’s true – Mashable reported this amazing data milestone in September. Analyze it.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

If not, make sure to check out his blog and what Wikipedia has to say about him. Now, it’s not really a battle of Kanter and The Chronicle against Godin, but it is a good debate that we can learn from. Do you know who Seth Godin is? You might be thinking to your self, “Why is Frank asking me this?” I’d love to hear from you.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Wikipedia would not be possible without the support of its volunteer contributors, who help keep the site's content current. By relying on volunteers, Wikipedia can draw on anyone to share their knowledge on a topic, check facts, or accurately translate content. Building a Wiki.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

Not all Learning Management Systems are created equally. One of the smarter features of an intuitive LMS is being able to fully manage all aspects of the learnings; this includes considerations for conflict management and making sure administrators are not double or triple booking training resources within their organization.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 14, 2023

Donor prospect research, also known as prospect research or prospecting, involves examining data about individuals outside of your current donor pool in order to learn more about their potential interest in your cause, their philanthropic history, and what they might be able to give. This is done through the donor prospect research process.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

And I got to learn why I love him so much – iturns out, according to wikipedia, he’s a “classic allegory of greed and corruption tarnishing all that’s good and innocent in the world&# – so I studied up on shmoo which made it all worthwhile [link] &#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . What was our learning? We had some rich learnings in the reflection of what happened in the group.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Examples: YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Google. Examples: Wikipedia. abstract the learning plus improvements and data. Learn more at [link]. When you move to the web, you have increasing returns to scale , but the number of people involved to affect the increasing returns are at a much larger scale (many more people, etc.).

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It being 2015 the first place I looked is Wikipedia (of course) and found this: Skills Management. These benefits actually closely match with the points I made in my last posting about the “Benefits of a Skill-Centric Learning Management System.” So what IS skills management? Terrific, a Wiki about skills management!

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

While we’re all learning how to live, work and play (at home, all together, all the time, aah!!) According to Wikipedia , “A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network.” Chantal Sheehan is a speaker at Cause Camp 2020.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In addition to those listed below, see also international public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Days. 17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Beyond sending emails, in Brett's time at NTEN he helped create a community of nonprofit leaders who were excited to learn and share with each other, he wrangled a website with the best of them, and he provided insight and guidance to our strategic direction and evaluation of our work. Curious if other readers have taken the link bait yet?

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

We will help you learn how to maximize the impact of your organization's message with online audio, video, and images. According to Wikipedia, "Digital Storytelling refers to using digital tools so that ordinary people can tell their own real-life stories." There are lots of ways to participate: Join a webinar.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2009

To hear that Wikipedia has taken over the market is a little scary to me. Wikipedia is an open-source knowledge repository, which is fine, but one issue with open-source technologies continues to be quality control. Tags: E-Learning E-Learning Reference Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Forj

MARCH 7, 2018

Let’s face it, most all of us turn to Google to verify facts and learn something new. Our ability to find what we need to learn on the Internet is ubiquitous; so much so that 70% of employees will turn to Google before their company learning files*. This format of learning has spawned the microlearning movement.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

Reading time: 12 minutes Soon after I learned the rules of chess, I started playing a lot of games against myself. This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. Or, not only that. Eliminate, or clarify, any jargon or Official Language that may be opaque to readers.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

NCTech4Good’s Judy Hallman identifies the lessons learning during their recent conference. The power of wikipedia to drive traffic to your nonprofit was the subject of Kate Bladow ’s recent event report from Baltimore. Join us next time to learn what nonprofit techies are doing in your community.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2010

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. This will be an introductory webinar; any organization who is interested in learning more about wikis is welcome to join. This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m. Tools Web 2.0

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. You can also learn about it in person at a webinar series starting November 1st. If you like your stories in bite-size, infinitely repeating packages, GIF.tv will keep you occupied for seconds at a time. Lots of seconds. It's like Halloween candy for your soul!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. Wikipedia is the most obvious answer, but is it really ready to be a primary resource in children's education? Photo: Bright Tal.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Today I would like to share some interview highlights and what I learned from ALS Association about the social media phenomenon that was the Ice Bucket Challenge: 1. Wikipedia Searches for ALS : 2.89 I think what is most captivating, and something that Slaughter and I discussed, is the statistic on Wikipedia searches.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Through the acclaimed Stock Market Game (SMG) program, a program of the SIFMA Foundation, schools, and after-school programs grades 4 – 12 learn about investing through a virtual, state-of-the-art capital markets simulation.? updating relevant Wikipedia pages. . There’s an app for that! transcribing historical documents ?and?

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. What happens when AI has even more vast libraries and generations of human learning to draw from?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). Learn How Well Drupal Works for Nonprofits. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. It also means you can pick up your site and take it to any vendor.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2015

Did you avoid the Wikipedia entry? This year’s theme, “The Power of Influence: Art, Media, Business and Place,” is a two-day learning experience designed to help causes and those interested in social good understand the complexities of today’s cause enthusiasts – and, most importantly, how to move them into becoming cause activists.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

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. Features like books that will read aloud, or have graphics that explain what you are supposed to learn from them.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. You can learn more about web accessibility, including guidelines for implementation, at [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2010

I learned so much and quickly wanted to share a few insights. I heard first hand from Eugene Eric Kim about strategic planning at Wikipedia. I learned so much and quickly wanted to. One of my favorite quotes: "At the end of the day, networks are piles of people.” .

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2012

To learn more about the Microsoft Software Donation Program, visit our Overview of the Microsoft Software Donation Program. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. You can also review Microsoft’s detailed eligibility guidelines here.

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