Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I made my largest gift to Wikipedia ever (okay, only $35). Download Wikipedia’s email by clicking the image below. The fact that, more and more, propaganda disguised as “news” offered by Fox, Breitbart, and the like, is free and readily accessible, while fact-based journalism is often behind a paywall, should scare us all.

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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. They represent gray areas which may not be true today, but their tomorrow is an unwritten story.

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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 This got me thinking.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2010

But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009.

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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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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 28, 2006

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. In the wake of contraversies over false information found in its pages, Wikipedia has a asserted a modest level of page protection. Who are they?

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

Their knowledge universe includes: Common Crawl (a nonprofit organization that crawls the web and offers its archives, which contain petabyes of data, to the public), Wikipedia, articles, books, and documents of all kinds. Information Universe The bots have access to galaxies of information.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Every year, Wikipedia runs a fundraising campaign to support its operations. The 2014 online giving campaign just wrapped up and there are plenty of lessons that other nonprofits can learn from Wikipedia. Here are five things Wikipedia does that are worth incorporating into your own online giving campaign: 1.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages - WSJ.com: "Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Web site in the world, with roughly 325 million monthly visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2019 editorial calendar. 20: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. 21: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Microsoft Power BI – Wikipedia. Amplitude (company) – Wikipedia. Mixpanel – Wikipedia. Price: Starts at $9.99 – Pricing & Product Comparison | Microsoft Power BI. Nonprofit pricing is available – Power BI for Nonprofits. About Company : Microsoft software was launched in 2014.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 11, 2010

Wikipedia :: Deepwater Horizon oil spill. YouTube: Environmental Defense Fund. MySpace: Greenpeace. Flickr: SkyTruth. Related Links: Nonprofits of the Month :: May 2010 :: Holding Corporations Accountable. BP Logo Redesign Contest.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2018 editorial calendar. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay.

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NetWits

AUGUST 5, 2010

In my research, the easiest to understand, least complicated description is from Wikipedia : The collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. What is a Content Management System (CMS) Anyway? There are many ways to define Content Management.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2012

We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands). Today, we're joining what is probably the largest online protest in history , by blacking out significant portions of the Benetech website, as well as our Martus and HRDAG human rights websites.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 26, 2008

PC Pro: News: Wikipedia grabs record donation: "The Wikimedia Foundation has received an unprecedented $3 million donation from a single organisation, twice the amount it raised in the whole of 2006.".

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

That said, please also see public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months when planning your campaigns. The first step is to decide which days to build a campaign upon and add them to your 2017 and 2018 editorial calendars. 15: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 26, 2007

Wired News: Wikipedia Shakeup: Resignations: "By Kim Zetter| Also by this reporter14:00 PM Mar, 23, 2007Two top employees of the Wikimedia Foundation have resigned, citing disagreements with the board.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Wikipedia's Non-Profit Foundation Hits Fundraising Milestone -- Wikimedia -- InformationWeek: "The Wikimedia Foundation has attracted 10,000 fundraising contributors in nine days. The foundation's annual fundraiser supports the nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 12, 2009

According to Wikipedia, “ Brochureware ” is the definition of a website that has very infrequently updated content. Often the site has been developed as a direct translation of existing printed materials, hence the name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2005

Deborah Finn has fallen in love with Wikis and has started an entry for nonprofit technology. Wouldn't using a wiki be a great platform to collaborate on nonprofit technology standards ?

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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."

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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.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

Wikipedia Rolling Out Article Rating System – What Do You Think? – "Love it or hate it, you can't say Wikipedia is slow to innovate. Have you made a video like this? Would love to see your other examples of annual reports that break the mold!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

By far the most recognized wiki is Wikipedia. Wikipedia would not be possible without the support of its volunteer contributors, who help keep the site's content current. By relying on volunteers, Wikipedia can draw on anyone to share their knowledge on a topic, check facts, or accurately translate content. Building a Wiki.

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

A search engine that “knows millions of things&# about people, places, and history, Qwiki takes the information from your Wikipedia Page and converts it into a more visual format complete with audio, video, digital photography, and the ability to “Improve This Qwiki.&#

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Gyrus

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Last week I defined skills management by referencing and summarizing an existing Wikipedia article. ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. . ” Again going to Wikipedia, here’s how it defines skill. In other words the abilities that one possesses.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

If not, make sure to check out his blog and what Wikipedia has to say about him. Do you know who Seth Godin is? You might be thinking to your self, “Why is Frank asking me this?” The reason is simple really; I want to call your attention to a conversation going on in the online world based on a post by Godin ( The problem with non ).

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NetWits

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Dumping” on people is not what you want to be known for in the world of Social Media (see definition on Wikipedia) or any other world for that matter. The key to being successful with Social Media & some tools to get you started Remember the saying “You have two (2) ears and one (1) mouth?"

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NetWits

MARCH 10, 2012

According to Wikipedia … “Content marketing is an umbrella term encompassing all marketing formats that involve the creation and sharing of content in order to engage current and potential constituent bases. Up from roughly 50% in the previous year. What’s content marketing?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 25, 2011

source: wikipedia ). If you measure by surveying publicly accessible websites, you get Linux first at 41%-74%, Windows second at 20-42% and proprietary UNIX third at 2-5%?. This underestimates servers inside enterprises.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 30, 2010

And Wikipedia Tabs? So, I searched Facebook for “Arbor Day&# and three Pages came up: 1) Arbor Day :: 79 Likes: www.facebook.com/pages/Arbor-Day/103129336394300. 2) National Arbor Day Foundation :: 99 Likes: www.facebook.com/pages/National-Arbor-Day-Foundation/103799689659272. Oh… so this is what a Community Page looks like.

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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. So, Google strives to present a comprehensive picture of your company to ensure that users make informed decisions.

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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?

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