Care2

JULY 28, 2009

Just recently the National Institute of Health launched a new initiative to encourage their scientists to edit or start new Wikipedia entries on their area of expertise to ensure that the correct information on health issues is cited. “Wikipedia articles (there are more than 2.9 “Wikipedia articles (there are more than 2.9

Wikipedia 34

Wikipedia Washington Search Issue 34

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of April 8th).

Web 114

Web Disaster Japan Org 114

NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Web accessibility” means creating websites that can be fully used by people with disabilities. Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. There are many additional advantages to implementing Web accessibility.

Accessibility 59

Accessibility Web Social Wikipedia 59

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.

Fun 240

Fun Resource Stats Wikipedia 240

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 28, 2006

Last week Nicolas Carr, who Dion Hinchcliffe refers to as "that Web 2.0 curmudgeon extraordinaire ," posted a piece gloating over what he claimed was the demise of Wikipedia; or at least of its vaunted commitment to open editing. This is what led Nick to write Wikipedia is dead. Who are they?

Wikipedia 40

Wikipedia Sound Nptech Policy 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

Fun 277

Fun Resource Audio Stats 277

Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia. That's a lot of competition for all you nonprofit campaigners and bloggers. How do you make your blog stand out? What are the best blogging practices your organization should implement that will also generate more blog traffic? Frogloop's got you covered.

Tips 67

Tips Headline Web Wikipedia 67

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

Online 193

Online Google Wikipedia gMail 193

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

Online 192

Online Google Wikipedia gMail 192

NetWits

OCTOBER 12, 2009

According to Wikipedia, “ Brochureware ” is the definition of a website that has very infrequently updated content. Brochureware sites therefore take little advantage of the capabilities of the web that are missing in printed publication.

Interaction 102

Interaction Websites Fun Wikipedia 102

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." The buzzword then was Web 2.0, which heralded a new, participatory web culture. Marnie, Daniel, and Billy had been following developments at O’Reilly Web 2.0

Netsquared 52

Netsquared Wikipedia San Francisco Iraq 52

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Direct Content. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Wikipedia states “URL shortening is a technique on the World Wide Web where a provider makes a web page available under a very short URL in addition to the original address. For the 19th installment of Video Fridays, I thought I would choose a video that show you how to use URL Shorteners. What is a URL Shortener you say?

Video 100

Video Howto Wikipedia Technique 100

NCE Social Media

MARCH 25, 2009

RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format (from Wikipedia ). RSS - Really Simple Syndication, can be a great time saver. Ideaware has an outstanding article on how to harness RSS to benefit your information needs.

RSS 100

RSS Wikipedia Headline Audio 100

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Among other things, brand SERPs include the most important pages on your site, your most recent social activity, your Wikipedia page (if you have one), and the latest news stories about your company. Use web tracking software to track mentions of your brand on various social media platforms. .

Management 85

Management Nonprofit Review Wikipedia 85

Care2

AUGUST 3, 2012

As political campaigns and nonprofits gear up for the election cycle, I thought I would share this infographic that attempts to map the politics of social media properties like Facebook and websites like Wikipedia. Predictive modeling was then used to map the politics of the social web.

Social Network 78

Social Network Network Wikipedia Reddit 78

AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

New Tool Mines Wikipedia Trustworthiness - washingtonpost.com: "New Tool Mines Wikipedia Trustworthiness By BRIAN BERGSTEIN The Associated Press Wednesday, September 5, 2007; 10:13 AM BOSTON -- Because anyone can edit Wikipedia, the Web encyclopedia's reliability varies wildly.

Wikipedia 20

Wikipedia Tools Boston Press 20

NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

Web 73

Web Examples Time Action 73

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The amazing thing about the web is what we can do with those impulses, stories, and gifts. the web creates visible real-time reputations. the web collapses distance and set up costs. Examples: YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Google. Examples: Wikipedia. What is it about the health community that’s different?

Gift 108

Gift Wikipedia Case Study Facilitation 108

Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

a))” [Wikipedia] GyrusAim has developed a feature for supporting compliance with Title 21 CFR Part 11. "Title 21 CFR Part 11" Wikipedia. Please continue to join me as I investigate the LMS landscape and offer helpful tips whenever they may arise. References. Beal, Vangie. "What Webopedia Definition" Webopedia.com.

API 56

API Wikipedia United States Classroom 56

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.). Where I rail against web shops that continue to suggest that people use their CMS, when it’s just not possible for one shop to replicate the robustness, features, security and upgradeability of the Open Source CMS offerings.

Kintera 100

Kintera Wikipedia Open Source Blackbaud 100

Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

First, what’s a web-inar? Wikipedia says: A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one!

Social Media 100

Social Media NTEN Build Bookmarking 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

What is Web 2.0 by Iulian Commanescu The definitions are fluid when it comes to Web 2.0. He covered the following platforms: Blogs: It is more than a web site, built by one person or a small community or group of bloggers. Conversation is very important and the nature of Web 2.0. User generated content - Web 2.0

Romania 50

Romania Foundation Web Sponsor 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2010

With the global success of Wikipedia, many organizations are curious of the pros, cons, and technical details of how exactly wikis work. Tools Web 2.0 Tags: Event Online Seminar Web 2.0 This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m. Space is limited so RSVP today !

Wiki 43

Wiki Collaboration Free Wikipedia 43

Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2009

To hear that Wikipedia has taken over the market is a little scary to me. Wikipedia is an open-source knowledge repository, which is fine, but one issue with open-source technologies continues to be quality control. Tags: E-Learning E-Learning Reference Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

Wikipedia 43

Wikipedia Open Source Library Knowledge 43

AFP Blog

MAY 18, 2015

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap helps Nepal earthquake response | Opensource.com : " One interesting effort has been from the crowdsourced mapping community, especially on OpenStreetMap.org, a free and open web map of the world that anyone can edit (think the Wikipedia of maps.)

Nepal 20

Nepal Wikipedia Help NGO 20

Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The big problem is that most nonprofit web design projects are considered a one-time expense, instead of a long-term investment. Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). And you shouldn't have to call your web vendor to do it either. Mind Shift: Expense Versus Investment.

Drupal 70

Drupal Websites Project Los Angeles 70

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

What is responsive web design? 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.

Design 40

Design Websites Mobile Nonprofit 40

NTEN

OCTOBER 31, 2011

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

Wikipedia 58

Wikipedia Tutorial Storytelling Map 58

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2010

According to Wikipedia , "crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a crowd), through an open call." Has this been done before? What is the best route? How can this project be sustainable?

Wikipedia 65

Wikipedia Open Life Nonprofit 65

Tech Soup

AUGUST 12, 2013

Taipei, Taiwan: PC / Web site information security: proposal for non-profit organizations. The power of wikipedia to drive traffic to your nonprofit was the subject of Kate Bladow ’s recent event report from Baltimore. With meetups in 50 cities there’s probably an event near you! Tuesday, August 13.

Group 54

Group Netsquared United Kingdom San Francisco 54

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

.&# He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

Chapter 100

Chapter Network Open Source Wikipedia 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. The research has been going slowly -- partly because web analytics is a very complex and geeky topic. Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission 3.

Screencast 50

Screencast Analytics Measure Web 50

Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2014

According to the brains of Wikipedia , digital footprints* are simply put “the trail of data that is left behind by users on digital services.” Lightbeam for Mozilla* Firefox users, is an add-on that maps out what first and third-party sites you visit on the web.

Track 55

Track Tools Online Cleveland 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2007

The Map does not aim to index all kinds of web filtering, but rather to provide an overview of online censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 the crackdown on web 2.0 the amplifying of local campaigns defending the right to access web 2.0 tools and websites. websites (e.g. More here

Map 50

Map Accessibility Blogspot Wikipedia 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. Wikipedia is the most obvious answer, but is it really ready to be a primary resource in children's education? Photo: Bright Tal.

Wikipedia 43

Wikipedia Library PDF History 43

Forj

MARCH 7, 2018

Wikipedia ? appeared first on Web Courseworks. 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. The post Microlearning: Fad or Fantastic?

eLearning 29

eLearning Exercise Wikipedia Lecture 29