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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

Or do these opening lines just reflect your own process of writing your way to the thing you really wanted to say? This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article. You may not be able to teach yourself to be a better writer, any more than 8-year-old me could outwit himself with a queen sacrifice.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Some are medium sized and open, but still centered around a discipline. If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. If you open up comments to all users, you are going to get spammers. The Library Society of the World is one I use frequently.

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Transparency and Authenticity: What do they mean for nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A quick trip to the dictionary and Wikipedia: Authenticity refers to the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions. Tranparency means open, frank or candid. and open the dialogue to anyone. So, I thought I would round up some of the thinking on these two terms of the nonprofit space.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or the more elegant opening questions posed by Nesson: " Is there some magic in the Internet space that can help fight crime? The initial cyberstrategy was to capitalize on the inmates' interest in music by using music as a means of teaching digital skills. So for teaching robotics, he starts with an actual object.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.