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Great reads from around the web on August 15th

Amy Sample Ward

." KnowHow’s impact — Knowhow Nonprofit – Here's a great example of how you can reinvent the way your organization reports it's impact! Would love to see your other examples of annual reports that break the mold! Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think?

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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The Ice Bucket Challenge Epilogue: Data

3rd Sector Labs

Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? Did you know that YouTube views of Ice Bucket Challenge events have surpassed 1 billion … that’s with a “b”? It’s true – Mashable reported this amazing data milestone in September. Discussion and debate.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. Cinchcast is ideal for nonprofits that are advancing their communications into real-time reporting while on location from fundraisers, conferences, protests, etc. Based in the U.K., 2d Code is a must read for the early adopters.

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Hackers Explore New Territories for Cracking Your Password

Tech Soup

Ars Technica reports that hackers are expanding their password cracking frontiers into Wikipedia, YouTube, song lyrics, and other works of literature or writing. Lovecraft story "The Call of Cthulu" and it is noted in a Wikipedia entry. Passphrases have become a popular way to beef up security on a password.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS. Direct Content.

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What advice would you offer Working Films about measuring the impact of their social media strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Dear Beth: I want to compile a report for my Executive Director about the impact of our online organizing strategies. Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them. YouTube - to host trailers and clips of the films we work with.