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How people secured their secrets before encyption

Fast Company Tech

As their work expanded, they began constructing a taxonomy of letterlocking, creating a periodic table-style diagram categorizing the combinations of folds, insertions, holes, and adhesives used to secure letters. In 2012, they established the Unlocking History Research Group, which grew to include dozens of other researchers. ”

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How to Improve Your Personalization Approach with Taxonomy

Velir

As Orson Welles once said, "The enemy of art is the absence of limitation." With these advances, you might think that personalization is easier now. However, we’ve seen that greater flexibility, channels, data, and possibilities can make personalization more daunting. Strategy

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Tagging Discussion

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in. But is efficiency the most important thing?

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Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement

Museum 2.0

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project.

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Free Webinar: Sharing Trainer's Social Media Bag of Tricks and Secrets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I also always review Bloom's Taxonomy and have found this diagram really useful. My job was the network weaver.

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501(c)(4)s: Political powerhouses or misunderstood nonprofits? 

Candid

They can engage in a wide variety of activities—providing social services, promoting the arts, supporting scientific studies, etc. Indeed, the 501(c)(3)s are the most numerous and ubiquitous type of tax-exempt organization. Organizations select their own NTEE codes when they register with the IRS.