Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. Here are five tips from some of the best in the non-profit business." And, how do you do it?

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NetWits

MARCH 10, 2012

Research by the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) backs Altimiters finding up by showing that 60% of businesses indicate that they plan to increase their content marketing budgets over the next 12 months. Up from roughly 50% in the previous year. What’s content marketing? I’m sure you just said to your self “we do that” at least 3 or 4 times.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

— My diligent research has proven that the word “viral” will come up within 42 seconds of talking with any nonprofit organization interested in marketing their cause online. The waterfall age of the Encyclopedia Brittanica has given way to Wikipedia, and the bottom-up world is here to stay.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 29, 2010

So while I’ve been off twitter, I’ve had time to research social CRM (funny, that.) From Wikipedia : Customer relationship management is a broadly recognized, widely-implemented strategy for managing and nurturing a company’s interactions with clients and sales prospects. And what I’ve found is pretty interesting.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Ars Technica reports that hackers are expanding their password cracking frontiers into Wikipedia, YouTube, song lyrics, and other works of literature or writing. Security researcher Yiannis Chrysanthou had no trouble cracking the passphrase "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn1."

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Research shows that if you give stuff every day you are less likely to be depressed. Examples: YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Google. Examples: Wikipedia. people are judged by how much they give, not how much they have. the gift always tarvels/what does around comes around. And that’s true with health, too. loosely coupled.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

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. 28998-researchers-reveal-chicken-came-first- egg. link] 9546.

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Care2

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Below are some of the most important Millennial statics that the Pew Research Center has identified. The first generation in human history who regard behaviors like tweeting and texting, along with websites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia as everyday parts of their social lives and their search for understanding.

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Wikipedia Teen History Poll 56

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Wikipedia Searches for ALS : 2.89 I think what is most captivating, and something that Slaughter and I discussed, is the statistic on Wikipedia searches. Money raised will fuel underfunded research. Research for this disease has been underfunded and now there is money for research and support programs.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Wikipedia came up with a great idea , one we encourage you to steal. Researchers have used Twitter data to suggest ". It's like Halloween candy for your soul! At a loss for what to do with QR codes? With all of the free QR code generators out there, you can link to all sorts of resources on your web site. Just watch out for hijackers.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

If you are addressing breaking news, a piece of legislation, a court case, a research finding, make sure you give enough background so it make sense to someone who has not heard of it before. This doesn’t mean you need to turn your copy into a Wikipedia article.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

According to Wikipedia, or Nielsen Norman Group, an Evidence-Based User Experience Research Firm, responsive web design is an approach to web design aimed at allowing desktop webpages to be viewed in response to the size of the screen or web browser one is using to view a website or webpage. What is responsive web design?

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Gyrus

APRIL 19, 2016

In the digital world, one can turn to a blog, Wikipedia, social media platforms, online knowledge forums, videos, etc. Research suggests that lack of products upgrades and inadequate vendor’s support were two major reasons for 66% of users to look for a new vendor in 2015. and get informed on just anything.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

This is why persona research is so important. The top 10 articles on diabetes research average 17,188 shares. The phrase is so popular that it even has it’s own Wikipedia page. Step 3: Uncover target audience insights (and get your content read).

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Forj

MARCH 7, 2018

Wikipedia ? Research shows that learners prefer and stay attentive for six-minute chunks. Unless the adult learner is motivated by a designation, a degree, or the learning exercise is required, he or she expects the learning format to be entertaining and to the point. Let’s agree on a general definition of microlearning.

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eLearning Exercise Wikipedia Lecture 29

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

MapLight is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that uses data to show money's influence on politics. IP3 is a nonprofit social venture founded by Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES), a center at the University of Missouri that makes public data more accessible by turning it into visualizations.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 6, 2010

First, go to one of my favorite sites - Wikipedia. Wikipedia will sense that you are using a mobile device and will automatically display the version of the site that is optimized for mobile. Then, click on the link that says "View this page on regular Wikipedia." After viewing a couple of sites, you'll be convinced.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

He didn’t go as far a saying that granular privacy controls would spark a revolution in sharing, but someone on the call mentioned research by Norman Sadeh to support this theory. According to Wikipedia,Gmail has 193mm users, so even if Google plus integration starts, they’re still behind Facebooks 600m+.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Provide Context Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

YouTube and Wikipedia are usually first choices for information seekers. She is using the virtual media capabilities in Second Life , among others, to navigate her continued research. " Research on virtual worlds used for education, libraries, and museums continues to expand. The Rise of Virtual Libraries.

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2009

According to Wikipedia , giving circles are a form of philanthropy consisting of groups of individuals who pool their funds and other resources to donate to their communities and seek to increase their awar eness and engagement in the process of giving. Tags: Marketing Research. You should follow Frogloop on Twitter.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

I have done research on hallucinogenic toads. is what we call social computing, when the content is contributed by the users, like YouTube or Wikipedia. I have held the Manzanar High School Year Book. I have cataloged pamphlets from the olden days of medical science when ether was high technology. at its core. Library 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

Grant Howe is VP of research & development for Sage North America's Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas. Follow him on Twitter and read his first post in the Tag, You're IT! I've heard a lot employees and managers talk about "needing a mentor." What is a mentor and what do they do anyway?

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Then, I began researching common myths. 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. The leap from reality to make-believe is easy.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Provide Context. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Data New York City Storytelling New York 68

Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. It's hidden away in project output reports and research excel files. It's locked in white papers, policy briefs, and fact sheets. Provide Context. Users need a grounding point to understand your data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2009

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2009

For more details, see this wikipedia entry. It is also good for conversation around resources or crowdsourcing research. For those of you who are wondering what the heck is an ignite presentation, it is a style of presenting where the speaker has 20 slides, mostly visual, and spends no more than 20 seconds explaining each one.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2011

The funds raised from these programs go towards life-saving research and fighting heart disease and stroke. Facebook, iPads, Blackboard, Wikipedia (don't judge me, but there's good stuff there). Now, I had a pen and paper, and a severe writer's bump, when I was in school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

When students do a research paper without looking at wikipedia, the student research paper is far superior. But what if they went to wikipedia and made a critical comparison? And what if they put their paper into wikipedia. What if student goes to wikipedia and posts an article about Jamaica and helps tourism."

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

According to Wikipedia, a wireframe is a “visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website” If you’re going through a design project, you’ll likely see wireframes after a user research phase and possibly a sitemap phase.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. Don't forget to include your entire community in this research, e.g. staff, volunteers, coalition partners, board members, and donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

It is intended to do all of this in an open, collaborative manner which will engage and support the work of numerous researchers, grad students, government policy wonks and others. s a very bold effort- and the creators are making great progress. and will be expanded to include energy transmission infrastructure.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

It is intended to do all of this in an open, collaborative manner which will engage and support the work of numerous researchers, grad students, government policy wonks and others. s a very bold effort- and the creators are making great progress. and will be expanded to include energy transmission infrastructure.

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Database Map Global Project 52

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? By signing up to work with nonprofits, you've already served notice that you're ready to spend your social capital -- to write checks, to choose projects and programs, to hire, to conduct research -- in ways you believe will address digital (and other forms of) inequality.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

According to Wikipedia , malaise is, "a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness, an 'out of sorts' feeling, often the first indication of an infection or other disease. Malaise is often defined in medicinal research as a "general feeling of being unwell." Flickr photo credit: Happy uploaded by Bev Sykes.

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