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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. Q: Does this copy start in the right place? Go read it!

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Many Uses of FriendFeed

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For more details, see this wikipedia entry. I use FriendFeed to follow a group of people in more depth because I can see their complete social media activity in one place. It is intended as a rapid and engaging way to present information. Some of you may be wondering what the heck FriendFeed is as well. FriendFeed Resources.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It comes with a scripting language and interpreter, called ‘ij’ which is how you can interact with Derby on the command line. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6. It is also cross platform.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It comes with a scripting language and interpreter, called ‘ij’ which is how you can interact with Derby on the command line. I’ve been using it since it was called Postgres95 – before version 6. It is also cross platform.

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Screencast Treatment: Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. The nonprofit's web site isn't overly complex and has a clear marketing strategy in place. What follows is a very rough draft for a script. Act 1: Analytics This!

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's the script from the screencast written back in October. s experience (good and bad) with social bookmarking, the NTEN Affinity Group , NpTagvocates, is a great place for discussion with your peers on these topics. For a more detailed definition of tags, see the Wikipedia entry here. The information is one place.