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Open Source Feminism: An Intervention with Wikipedia

NTEN

Open source is meant to be free and equal, but then why do men continue to dominate open source sites like Wikipedia? In February 2014, groups of artists and tech-savvy folks staged what called they called a “feminist intervention” to Wikipedia. community Community feminism Open Source Open Source sarah mirk Wikipedia Communications'

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NTEN Webinar: Social Media Building Blocks

Amy Sample Ward

NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one! Wikipedia says: A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. Tags: tags webinar presentation techsoup nten bookmarks events socialmedia rss.

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Things We Like (and Will Miss About Brett)

NTEN

Did you know that in his six years at NTEN, Brett has sent more than 6 million emails? It is with the same combined emotion of being impressed and knowing it's true that I announce today that Brett will be stepping down from his role as NTEN's Communications Director at the end of February. Outside of work, the NTEN staff love to eat.

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Great reads from around the web on August 15th

Amy Sample Ward

Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? – "Love it or hate it, you can't say Wikipedia is slow to innovate. Have you made a video like this? Would love to see your other examples of annual reports that break the mold!

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C + C + C = C? The Secret to Viral Marketing

NTEN

Of course there are some mavens and mavericks out there, including Social Media for Nonprofits keynotes and industry leaders Beth Kanter , Geoff Livingston , and Guy Kawasaki (upcoming programs include SF 11/4 , Atlanta 11/17 & NYC 1/30/12 , all produced under NTEN's gracious fiscal sponsorship).

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Is Web Accessibility a Social Responsibility?

NTEN

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. Tags: Leadership Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites. Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University.

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

.&# He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

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