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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. org on Climate Change and Building a Movement – "Social Media Coordinator, Joe Solomon took some time to explain what 350 really means, talk about transforming community inspiration into political power, and share a story about how his work with 350.org

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Doing the Conventional, Unconventionally

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikimedia is the non profit that operates and manages all Wikimedia projects from Wikipedia to Wikibooks, Wikiversity to Wikispecies.). (Much more detail outlining the process and the facilitation can be found here: “Wikimedia strategic planning wiki,” [link].

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Power Up Microsoft Office with Apps

Tech Soup

If you haven't upgraded to the new Office, be sure to read TechSoup's Microsoft Office: What Your Org Should Know and visit TechSoup's Microsoft donation program. Wikipane (PowerPoint 2013, Word 2013) helps you look up answers quickly by bringing Wikipedia content available directly in a Microsoft Office task pane.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. Email our friendly blog team at: blog AT techsoupglobal DOT org. We are in pretty good company. Find additional astonishing Creative Commons stats on the Creative Commons website.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Every day, people ask, and get answers to, questions about best practices , professional development , just - in - time technical info , whimsical resources , legal issues , and many other questions related to librarianship. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy.

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Who's Knocking at My Firewall Door? Simple Security for the Nonprofit IT Professional

NTEN

According to Wikipedia, clickjacking is " a malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous Web pages. Should I click that "OK" button?

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31+ Giving Tuesday ideas (that you haven’t thought of) for 2021

Whole Whale

Check to make sure you are updated in places that matter: Guidestar , CharityNavigator , GreatNonprofits , Wikipedia , and GlassDoor.com. Tweet about your donation from your org’s page with the #GivingTuesday hash tag and start a pay-it-forward campaign. New volunteers will be evaluating new nonprofits based on rating sites.

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