Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

In addition to those listed below, see also international public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Days. 17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 17: Digital Learning Day — #DLDay. 29: World Internet Day — #WorldInternetDay. 18: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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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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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. Curious if other readers have taken the link bait yet?

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2015

In today’s technology-driven world – and with nearly 300 million Internet users in the U.S. 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. Did you avoid the Wikipedia entry? Thanks to Public Internet Registry (PIR), you can.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . What was our learning? We had some rich learnings in the reflection of what happened in the group.

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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

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Forj

MARCH 7, 2018

Let’s face it, most all of us turn to Google to verify facts and learn something new. Our ability to find what we need to learn on the Internet is ubiquitous; so much so that 70% of employees will turn to Google before their company learning files*. This format of learning has spawned the microlearning movement.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Today I would like to share some interview highlights and what I learned from ALS Association about the social media phenomenon that was the Ice Bucket Challenge: 1. It is a perfect example of the term “viral” when used on the internet. Wikipedia Searches for ALS : 2.89 The attention was unprecedented.

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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.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

xAPI vs SCORM: Understanding E-Learning Standards GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Ready to dive into the techy world of e-learning standards? We’ll break down what these acronyms do, compare their features, and explore their roles in e-learning. It marked a significant step forward in the evolution of e-learning standards.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

xAPI vs SCORM: Understanding E-Learning Standards GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Ready to dive into the techy world of e-learning standards? We’ll break down what these acronyms do, compare their features, and explore their roles in e-learning. It marked a significant step forward in the evolution of e-learning standards.

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Gyrus

JULY 22, 2024

SCORM and xAPI: Understanding E-Learning Standards GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Reliable and Responsive Learning Platform Ready to dive into the techy world of e-learning standards? We’ll break down what these acronyms really do, compare their features, and explore their roles in e-learning. What is SCORM? What is xAPI?

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Gyrus

AUGUST 13, 2024

xAPI vs Scrom: The Future of E-Learning Standards Explained GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Reliable and Responsive Learning Platform Ready to dive into the techy world of e-learning standards? We’ll break down what these acronyms do, compare their features, and explore their roles in e-learning. What is SCORM? What is xAPI?

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Sure, the average price of a computer has been falling for years, but that doesn't take into account the recurring cost of Internet access. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Andrew Sears suggests that you, "Immerse yourself in the community you are serving and learn from it."

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The Internet affords myriad opportunities for connecting with women. According to Wikipedia , giving circles are a form of philanthropy consisting of groups of individuals who pool their funds and other resources to donate to their communities and seek to increase their awar eness and engagement in the process of giving. Contact us!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia. plus $2 per user license.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2011

I remember seeing the "Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten" posters in the hallway of my school. learn a lot when we're young. Jump Rope For Heart and Hoops For Heart are two service learning projects that educate and create awareness among teachers, parents and students ages 7-14.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

He selected some definitions from the Internet. He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Internet is difficult to stop. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant. Conclusion.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

What "support" means exactly varies from browser to browser of course, but the point remains — with the advent of HTML5 the internet is fundamentally changing all around us, giving non-profits new and exciting ways to engage constituents online. Practically every browser other than that one released ten years ago now supports HTML5.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 28, 2005

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S. In this case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

Or the more elegant opening questions posed by Nesson: " Is there some magic in the Internet space that can help fight crime? He described the curriculum where inmates learn both computer skills and the recording/audio production skills and the classroom space (with "walls made of radio signals"). " Oh no.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

You might recall a day earlier this year when you were greeted with an odd blackout message instead of the Wikipedia entry for poutine. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ). What Can You Do?

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) A cluster is a bounded group of people who are connected, but have few connections to other nodes. Think of a Tower-like organization where staff aren't encouraged to network or within siloed departments.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content. These sites are well worth exploring for the richness of learning about the application of emerging technologies and learning.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

A network cloud is just a collection of servers living out on the Internet providing various services -- much like how websites are served from a web server, but in a much larger, scalable fashion. Hooking up with a cohort or a group of like-minded folks is a great way not only to learn but to build, gain, and exchange trust with your peers.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Wikipedia is one place where consultants could shortly play a supporting role for issue organizations. However if you, as a well-meaning representative of an organization, try to inject your side into the debate, your edits might be summarily deleted and you may be accused of violating Wikipedia rules in quite harsh terms.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. Apple calls this program “one to one” learning, meaning not one instructor but one computer per child. But the more I learned, the more I wondered where the real threat is, and why children's museums have been so resistant to change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry ! recommends that to learn more about social networking, you need to get hands-on and provides five places to do so. internetarizans tracks the Internet, Human Rights and Social Change. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. Perfect Password generator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

I'll be using a new online learning platform that I haven't used before and the participants are a slightly different audience than nonprofit staff or at least I think. Personal learning and reflection on and about your instructional topic. What could you learn from reading these blogs and engaging in a conversation with them?

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Books are a distant second at 61%, and a majority of Americans find print and broadcast media and the Internet to be not trustworthy." On the accuracy front, sites like Wikipedia have developed methods of community authoring and editing that make them more voluminous AND more accurate than traditional encyclopedic sources.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Were quite interested in traveling the globe to find good relationships that also help us become better global internet fundraisers. Were excited about the potential of global campaigning which makes perfect sense since the Internet is a truly global medium. We now have clients in Canada, US, UK, Australia and the Netherlands.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Note from Beth: Since the concept of working in Networks is can be hard to explain to newcomers, learning from case studies, stories, and examples can be illuminating. The design was to share this learning was amazing. How do you devise a future strategy for a diffuse Internet-based global movement?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

More specifically, I help non-profit, small business and academic groups and individuals learn how to use web applications and services like RSS, blogs, wikis, search, social bookmarking, podcasting and more. I try to make my blog a place people can come to learn about new developments on the web. I'm very excited about it.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Learn how it all started while you read this. You’ll learn best practices and get immediately-usable tactics for your campaign. Have an internal point person executing the plan and creating a wrap up analysis with learnings for next year (this doesn’t have to be your classic fundraising person either). Enroll here. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

She joined Benetech so she could learn more about Bookshare and how it is making books and periodicals more accessible to people with print disabilities. At Benetech he’s learning about the nonprofit world and making contacts that he’ll use when he launches his next business, after he finishes his MBA at Babson College.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Screencast Audience and Learning Objectives The audience for this screencast is nonprofits that know they need to analyze the success of their Web sites, but aren't sure where to begin. Learning Goals. Page Views.

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