Donor Search

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Wikipedia Since #GivingTuesday is the most prominent digital fundraising event of the year (It raised $2.47 “#GivingTuesday is touted as a “global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.” Billion in 2020!),

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

Plus, we've got some techniques we recommend that are useful for targeted searches. Search engines like Google and Bing will often be your first stop when you have a question. Get more out of Google by using its advanced search techniques. Check out this handy search primer for Bing. " So handy.

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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. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

On Wikipedia synergy is defined as two or more things functioning together to produce a result not independently obtainable. Google is largest search engine in the world. The trick is to integrate the tools and their respective campaigns into one comprehensive Web communications and online fundraising strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

On Wikipedia synergy is defined as two or more things functioning together to produce a result not independently obtainable. Google is largest search engine in the world. The trick is to integrate the tools and their respective campaigns into one comprehensive Web communications and online fundraising strategy.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

There has to be something going on that’s getting everyone excited enough to search for a cartoon character and change their picture. Some Facebook commenters have also pointed out the perhaps misdirected effort, posting messages skeptical of any tangible outcomes. This is when I really started paying attention.

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

It being 2015 the first place I looked is Wikipedia (of course) and found this: Skills Management. Allows them to search for employees with specific skills. In several recent postings I’ve blogged (a lot) about skills and skill management. So what IS skills management? Terrific, a Wiki about skills management!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

via search to end-users. Docurated.com — is a cloud-based document search firm that allows users to find a specific chart, slide, collateral, or piece of content without opening any documents. You just search like you would on Google. I envision a magical time when we'll all be our own little Wikipedias.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2015

40-50,000 Google searches are made per second. billion online searches a day are only attributed to one search engine, not accounting for Bing, Yahoo!, Ask, AOL or any other search engines. But none of that matters if Internet users don’t trust your site enough to click on it when it shows up in search engine results.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

It’s actually because someone included it in a Wikipedia Article (no, it wasn’t me.). 5) The Search for Good Web Conferencing. Here’s the top 10 list for 2008: 1) Remember when 1 MB was alot ? I wrote this post back in 2005, and it is the most popular in 2008! 2) Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on July 27th.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

As it turns out, people are 7 times more likely to visit a nonprofit’s website in a search result then they are through social media. On average, visits from social media represent 6.92% ( 65.33% of which is driven by Facebook ) of all traffic to nonprofit websites compared to 47.09% from organic search. Landing Page Conversions.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Here were some the baffling hot new things that charity techies and geeks for good were buzzing about: Blogging and the blogosphere. Citizen journalism.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

As a result, website experiences have had to change significantly—from the way websites are designed and developed to the Content Management System (CMS) used and search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. Search Engine Optimization. What is responsive web design? User Experience.

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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. You see that in the search stats, and I find that is VERY inspiring. Facebook: 440 million users uploaded IBC videos with over 10 billion views.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. Web accessibility” means creating websites that can be fully used by people with disabilities.

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Care2

DECEMBER 13, 2009

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

I want to be able to bookmark or pick things out from the stream that I want to go back to so the items don’t get lost. Also, there’s search yet. According to Wikipedia,Gmail has 193mm users, so even if Google plus integration starts, they’re still behind Facebooks 600m+.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

At the MWC keynote, Zuckerberg laid out his vision for a low-cost data plan that would include basic search and social networking and Wikipedia access – essentially all text-based services. Zuckerberg has partnered with Samsung, Nokia, Opera, and others to bring more affordable web access by way of smartphones.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

There are many different real-time search engines that approach search in many different ways. People think that real time is just Twitter and sure enough, some of the search engines put Twitter search front and center. Few search only Twitter, though - there are only about 3 million links shared on Twitter each day.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If your organization needs convincing that its time to adopt HTML5, just share the following tidbit from Wikipedia with the powers that be: “According to a report released on 30 September 2011, 34 of the world's top 100 Web sites were using HTML5.” 4) Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Enhancements. You're welcome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

so I go search for some music for the soundtrack.). According to wikipedia , The earliest known occurrence of the word "widget" is in Beggar on Horseback (1924), a comedy play written by George S. The definition: "A small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, esp. one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It's important search for the basics or what we call "ego searches." You'll also need to search on keywords or phrases that might uncover a client need or perception. To figure out your keywords, do a little brainstorming offline and then maybe use some online keyword tools. Do search at site for the first time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

You can do Google searches by voice. If you'd like to see what the world looks like through Google Glass, search in Google+ with the hashtag #throughglass. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2007

For the Making Media workshop I am doing next, I was in search of examples of how wikis might play a role in " Filmmaking 2.0 I found the Wikipedia entry for Ken Burns. Source: Muppet Wiki. " (as coined by Arin Crumley and Susan Buice of Four-Eyed Monsters fame and chronicled by Steve Garfield ). That's a start.

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See3

JANUARY 14, 2008

I still need some help with this so that we can dislodge the evil Michael Hoffman from his Google and Wikipedia rankings. Make a Google Search Story Video in Under 5 Minutes Ready for Another Video Contest? I was recently contacted by yet another Michael Hoffman who asked me to link to his website. Here it is.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. Plus, there is always the trusty search engine.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Laura Norvig is the Special Librarian for the Resource Center at nationalservice.gov/resources She works on the taxonomy, information architecture, search quality, and usability of the website, curates content, and has been instrumental in developing a social media presence for the Resource Center. Some are huge.

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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. Thus, before undertaking a human resources initiative, you must do some soul-searching and define your business goals for diversity. This is really important.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

The fact is, these are powerful tools that are reshaping the way people use the Internet, just as the Search Engine did a few years ago. Eventually, you will be taking this stuff for granted, just like a text search on Google. The Wikipedia article on it is clean and concise and points to a lot of important sites. Look it up.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 13, 2009

Every person who clicks on a Google search result, rates a movie on Netflix, or adds a photo to Flickr improves the overall experience for subsequent users. The extent to which I can learn from Wikipedia or waste time on Youtube is directly proportional to the volume of other users' participation--creators, critics, and spectators alike.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Searching between the cracks There are so many different places where nptech resources are being aggregated and thanks to Yahoo pipes many variations on the meta feeds that occassionally you discover little pockets of resources that either get lost in the flow or don't make it into the main fire hoses for one reason or another.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 I believe that we will soon see a class of web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! Use Technorati , a blog search engine. While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2

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