Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Wednesday at the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), we’re pleased to be leading a session all about artificial intelligence (AI) for mission-driven social media. We’ve already seen high-profile malicious uses of deep fakes and Generative AI also makes it easier for users or bots to create spam messages and misinformation at scale.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 9, 2015

Essentially, blacklisting is an anti-spam measure designed to help email and Internet service providers curb unsolicited junk mail and other communications from suspect websites. However, problems occur when the anti-spam measures put in place are overly aggressive and actually block legitimate messages and contacts.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2016

And while WordPress has some terrific plugins available that can help you create and manage a comment section on your site, too often unforeseen problems and lapses exist that stymie the commenting process. You’ll still effectively block spam, and you’ll be brought into closer interaction with your users.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The problem: nonprofits aren’t “inspiring” action with lengthy, wordy newsletters and annual appeals for funds, on top of too many emails! It all starts to turn into spam (to donors at least) after a while. According to Achieve , nonprofits are missing great opportunities to engage donors via email.

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Global Giving

APRIL 25, 2020

While machine learning is increasingly used by companies across the private sector, few nonprofits have integrated this kind of technology into their operations to date. But by using modern computer processors to perform these calculations at high volumes, data scientists can create models capable of solving complex problems.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 15, 2017

If you’re using a plugin to manage your comments section and keep spam at bay, be sure to check out what it’s marking as trash. Sometimes the programs make mistakes and mark legitimate comments as spam, and that could spell trouble for sites that rely on user feedback. So check all your forms and fix any problems as soon as possible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Use hashtags strategically to mention important causes, campaigns, and events, but hashtag spamming to try to increase your reach doesn’t work and has a negative effect on engagement. Tweets overloaded with hashtags look messy, are hard to read, and make your nonprofit look desperate to gain followers.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 12, 2015

As long as there have been websites, there have been tools in place to keep those sites safe from spam and hacker abuse. Another problem with the last generation CAPTCHA feature is, in a word, annoyance. It would seem that the traditional CAPTCHA feature, therefore, is no longer a dependable test.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

Including: "More than one-half of US Millennials (51%) say they influence the technologies their parents adopt and 41% say they influence the products they buy." But if you subscribed us to your organization's bulk email list without our permission, then you are sending us spam." " Lights.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Gavin Claubaugh, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Effective IT management is more about wetware than it is about hardware and software: it's all about managing the intersection of technology and these rather strange things called people. Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For the event organizer who hosts regular live events, like a networking event, this presents a problem. A virtual event is only as good as the technology that supports it. When it comes to virtual experience, too many people can pose a problem. . Don’t just spam their email accounts, offer them something of value.

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Byte Technology

JULY 11, 2017

One of the main problems with having a comments section on your WordPress site is that, as older posts mellow on your page, they sometimes start to attract a rash of spam comments. Uncheck both options, click the save changes button and say goodbye to that barrage of email notifications.

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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. While AI does involve logic and problem-solving, it does not think. AI is a single technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The problem is that there so many hashtags floating around on Twitter, that’s it tough to keep track of which hashtags work best and reach the most individuals. There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. Below I have posted 10 hashtags commonly used by nonprofits. In the case of hashtags, I am a firm believer in less is more.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

To make sure yours don’t get lumped in with the spam, here’s how to use your email communication to forge (or maintain) relationships with your constituents. When we are fundraising, we are actually giving people an opportunity to solve the problem they … care about,” said Mark Phillips, owner of Bluefrog Fundraising Limited. “I

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

For the event organizer who hosts regular live events, like a networking event, this presents a problem. A virtual event is only as good as the technology that supports it. When it comes to virtual experience, too many people can pose a problem. . Don’t just spam their email accounts, offer them something of value.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

TechImpact shared that security is actually better with Office 365 than with an on-premises solution because Microsoft has hundreds of security techs focused on preventing data breaches and security problems. A Better Technology Investment. Anti-spam and malware protection, community and phone support, and Office web applications.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 15, 2014

You can use these Norton security products to protect your organization's data from viruses, spyware, spam, and other threats. These Norton security products combine several defense technologies based on networks, files, reputation, and behavior. How Can My Organization Benefit? What If We Have One of the Older Products?

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2016

Tech Impact shared that security is actually better with Office 365 Nonprofit than with an on-premises solution because Microsoft has hundreds of security techs focused on preventing data breaches and security problems. A Better Technology Investment. Sound like you, too? What exactly? Office 365 Nonprofit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2010

I wasn't going to spam every person I know in the UK about my arrival. Solving real problems. I got to the airport, talked my way onto the first California-bound flight on American Airlines, and then tweeted about how I did it (andf that there were empty seats) to the rest of the world, but especially my Skoll Forum community.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program. It's a burial ground for spam." Shim says nonprofits shouldn't be afraid to experiment with using technology in different ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. I am avoiding spamming all three networks with cut and paste streams. Wait for maturation? During the Webinar, I polled the group’s general approach.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They are like broad, topical, personalized blogsearch with good spam control. LazyFeed consumes both PubSubHubbub and RSSCloud feeds in real-time as part of its topical blog search and YourVersion won't disclose what technology it uses but says the company has been working on real time since before it was cool.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

There were two main problems: We thought the most significant gap was that the customer service team was impossible to reach. Ideally this includes a strict anti-spam policy, automatic SPAM cleaners, ISP-specific controls and white-list approvals. What happens when I run into a problem? What else should I know?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

For many of these issues, good spam/virus filtering is essential. But there is an even more basic, fundamental problem that information technology has only recently begun to tackle: passwords. I have 3 or more people (and discussion boards) I can contact at any time of the day (really!) Think about it: You train your staff.

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Care2

AUGUST 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) How can you compete?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

And when a crack in WordPress security is detected, too often the “black hat” hackers exploit that vulnerability before “white hat” hackers (those that report the problem so it can be patched and fixed quickly) can call the problem to the attention of the larger WordPress community.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2007

I was talking recently to David Klevan, Education Manager for Technology and Distance Learning Initiatives at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum (say that three times fast), about some of their awesome experiments with online discussion groups, blogs, and 2.0 Of the 655 submitted over six months, only 151 were approved for display.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2018

By reaching out to old email addresses, organizations are more likely to hit recycle spam traps, trigger spam complaints, and ultimately, hurt the ability to get emails delivered to the inbox. Does an organization get notified if emails are marked as spam? How does Gmail categorization work? that have them.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2017

I put the two together, hoping that I didn’t miss anyone because they weren’t in last year’s emailing, or that I don’t send two (or more) invites to my spam-sensitive donors. Regardless of which marketing techniques you are using or planning on using, you will agree that having good data management technology and practices are critical.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 2, 2014

affected by the digital divide and the real problems they face, every. 50% of today's jobs require technology skills, and this percentage is expected to grow to 77% in the next decade. the high costs of emerging technologies are just two of the reasons. about issues such as spam, spyware, and hackers.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Even worse, if enough of them use the "Uninvite" (or "Spam") button, you might find yourself permanently uninvited from your entire email list. Fortunately, none of us should ever have to worry about this problem. Think of all of these as "house rules" to guide you on how to be a good guest.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2007

For those who didn’t see it, this project was an open conversation about development of a planned traveling exhibition on human enhancement technology (Human +). There were no problems with spam or inappropriate comments. Some (including the creators of the technology) found it varied and fascinating. Projects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Newsletter Spam Check :: mail-tester.com. This free tool reveals if your website domain is on a blacklist, flagged for spam, and properly set up for SPF, DKIM, and DMARC protocols. TechSoup partners with technology companies to offer heavily discounted software to organizations worldwide. See also OptInMonster.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

One of the questions: How to address concerns about privacy, security, and avoiding spam overload that comes with social media and social network sites? He points out these problems with current social networking practices. (1) Here's his description of the problem: Because Facebook owes your data, not you. Family member.

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