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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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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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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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2012

Typical wiki communities are work groups within a company, educators and students, and hobbyists. 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. Building a Wiki.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. Work with community participants to identify roles and set parameters around what they do and don’t want to do as part of MEL. But is this the right question?

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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 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. You want to make sure that your donors are satisfied with your work, and that they’re likely to refer other donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Now, community pages are created when a staff person, volunteer or board member goes into their personal Facebook Profile > Edit > Work and Education and enters your nonprofit’s name (and does not select the official page from a pop-down menu). Step 2 :: Find your Facebook Community Page.

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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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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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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It evolves to meet our changing needs, to fit our changing lifestyles, and to integrate into the way we do our work. 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. Direct Content. What’s Next?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I also started noticing that of my friends on facebook, it was a pretty even spread between people that worked in the nonprofit sector and those that didn’t. There has to be something going on that’s getting everyone excited enough to search for a cartoon character and change their picture.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The waterfall age of the Encyclopedia Brittanica has given way to Wikipedia, and the bottom-up world is here to stay. What keys to the viral kingdom have you discovered while going about your work? Embrace it and thrive, or resist and go the way of the technosaur.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

Perhaps, there is a view that would add exponential user value or one that would allow for a subroutine to be performed by another role in your department, making your work life infinitely easier. a))” [Wikipedia] GyrusAim has developed a feature for supporting compliance with Title 21 CFR Part 11. Title 21 CFR Part 11.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Did you know that the Ice Bucket Challenge has its own Wikipedia article ? But you won’t know until you put the hard work into data management best practices. Let me offer one piece of advice: let’s not get distracted by the story and instead focus on the epilogue – the Ice Bucket Epilogue: it’s about the data.

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NTEN

JANUARY 30, 2013

Beyond sending emails, in Brett's time at NTEN he helped create a community of nonprofit leaders who were excited to learn and share with each other, he wrangled a website with the best of them, and he provided insight and guidance to our strategic direction and evaluation of our work. Outside of work, the NTEN staff love to eat.

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

It never really worked, though. What works best is to ask yourself specific questions that help you see your own writing through fresh eyes and spot opportunities for revision that will make your copy sing. Or you managed to work your way past the who/what/where/when context-setting, and really capture the moment at hand.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

While we’re all learning how to live, work and play (at home, all together, all the time, aah!!) According to Wikipedia , “A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network.” Chantal Sheehan is a speaker at Cause Camp 2020.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

Wikipedia is another frequent starting point. How Stuff Works and How-To-Geek also offer articles, graphics, and video tutorials on technology topics. Get more out of Google by using its advanced search techniques. Check out this handy search primer for Bing. Search tricks can save you time by narrowing your search much faster.

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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. Lovecraft story "The Call of Cthulu" and it is noted in a Wikipedia entry. Password hackers are using some new tactics to break into your online accounts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The organization I work for is Working Films. We are a national nonprofit that works with documentary filmmakers to help them create their outreach plans. The films that we work with touch on serious social justice issues, so we link them up with organizations who are already doing work on the issue.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 21, 2011

There’s a great Wikipedia article to do the work for me. Sony has it’s own reader and format, although, like the Nook and the Kindle, can read a variety of formats. I won’t go into exhaustive detail here on the wide variety of readers and formats. What I want to talk a bit about is what’s next.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 6, 2011

This isn’t really the place to describe what programming languages are, or how they work, but Wikipedia (as always) as a nice entry , worth a read. Most Drupal developers, for instance, don’t spend a whole lot of their time in code unless they work on contributed modules (or contribute patches and such to core.).

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 14, 2023

But you may quickly find that you’re buried in data and don’t have the time or know-how for uncovering actionable insights on top of all the work you do on a regular basis. In order to find individuals who exhibit propensity, affinity, and capacity markers, you’ll need to comb through and organize a lot of data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I found this wonderful comic on Mashable “ The Field Guide to Procrastination ” that identifies 12 different methods for work avoidance or procrastination, defined in Wikipedia as “ putting off tasks for a later date.” hour chunk of work that is a very specific to do list. How do you get work done?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter."

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

According to Wikipedia, "Digital Storytelling refers to using digital tools so that ordinary people can tell their own real-life stories." " Nonprofits are among the storytellers who are using digital tools to tell compelling stories, showcase their work, engage their constituents, and spread awareness.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Wikipedia gives you a fairly verbose definition , the dictionary gives a similar, but less wordy definition that I think is simpler to grasp. Ecosystem thinking may change the way you approach your work. Now start thinking about where you work. But for now we’ll focus on the non-profit world. What’s an Ecosystem?

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Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia. Be Compelling – Use staggering stats that illustrate your key points or share pertinent statistics about the key issue or campaign you are working on. Fresh and Relevant Content - Follow the news related to the issues you work on.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Every day, cultural and nonprofit institutions face unique challenges while working towards a mission with a small technical staff and digital budget. After more than 13 years working with nonprofit and cultural institutions, like the Denver Botanic Gardens , our firm has seen that these problems are epidemic. A 25 percent return?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

I've just become acquainted with the work of the late Claudio Ciborra , thanks to a posting by my friend Adriano. Before we installed the upgrade, we walked through them all with him and a team of staff members he'd asked to be involved to verify that the new features worked as intended.

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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.)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. 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.

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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. This free webinar on Wednesday, May 5, 11 a.m. Pacific time will review the basics of wikis, including software options, best practices, advantages, as well as drawbacks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The print book doesn’t work for people who are blind, partially sighted, dyslexic, have physical limitations, people who haven’t learned to read, or people who can’t read the particular language of a specific book is written in. The next challenge we’re working on is to bring this incredible library to the rest of the world.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

In his keynote at the event, Box CEO Aaron Levie said that today's cloud computing users expect their data to follow them everywhere, at home and at work. I wasn't entirely clear on how the thing will work, but it sounds miraculous. I envision a magical time when we'll all be our own little Wikipedias.

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