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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Meetup :: meetup.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. Taking that process from individual level and extrapolating to national level." When students do a research paper without looking at wikipedia, the student research paper is far superior.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. FundraisingFriday :: nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/FundraisingFriday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. FundraisingFriday :: nonprofitorgs.wordpress.com/FundraisingFriday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2011

” While Wikipedia is the fifth most visited web site, its budget and staff is relatively small and it relies on 100,000 contributors across the world to create and edit content. ” Paul Connolly.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Facebook moves swiftly to deal with coordinated campaigns to sway politics in wealthy countries like the US, South Korea, and Taiwan, while it de-prioritizes or simply ignores reports of similar activity in poorer nations like Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, and much of Latin America. Because they never bothered to hide. (5/8)

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. Cindy Leonard, Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. Web accessibility” means creating websites that can be fully used by people with disabilities.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

It's also interesting to note that, according to Wikipedia, Hawaii, New Mexico, California and Texas are already majority-minority states. In addition, the study found that Executive Directors of color mostly lead local or regional organizations, not national organizations. These percentages are even worse for nonprofit boards!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Ryan Fan Before Ryan Fan, a high school senior, came to Benetech for his school’s career day, he consulted Wikipedia to understand this concept called “social entrepreneurship.” In her spare time, she updates her Twitter and Facebook feeds and engages with her Kindle, iPod and other assorted tech toys.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

" According to Wikipedia, the sharing economy (sometimes also referred to as the share economy, shared economy, mesh, collaborative economy, collaborative consumption) is a socio-economic system built around the sharing of human and physical assets. What Is the "Sharing Economy?"

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 2, 2006

Wikipedia (where I got the above info.) Considering that the UN Secretary General is supposed to be: Equal parts diplomat and advocate, civil servant and CEO, the Secretary-General is a symbol of United Nations ideals and a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor and vulnerable among them.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Reach out to the media with a local angle on a national story. If you see a story in the national news that is relevant to your work in the local community, that can be a great time to be a resource to your local media, offering them a local story. Keep your letter to about 150 words. Include digital publications.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? s Los Alamos National Lab. Global Energy Observatory ? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

As part of Federal stimulus spending, we think the government should expand funding for a very innovative online database project that will help with this transition, a project started at Los Alamos National Laboratory and called the ? s Los Alamos National Lab. Global Energy Observatory ? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

For example, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) created a space for a Training Officers Community of Practice. A robust knowledge sharing network might involve people sharing resources, best practices, worst practices, just-in-time information, quick tips, and deep thinking, all focused on a specific topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

We are a national nonprofit that works with documentary filmmakers to help them create their outreach plans. Wikipedia - editing articles of films, events, and organizations that we are closely linked to in order to mention our affiliation with them. I want to be able to tell the story of our online campaigns in a narrative way.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

Saturday, June 1 is the National Day of Civic Hacking and Net2 organizers in Honolulu, Boston and New Haven are jumping into the fray! Boston, MA: National Day of Civic Hacking - RHoK Boston. Baltimore, MD: June Tech & Social Change Baltimore Meetup: Wikipedia. Bored this weekend? Send her some tweet love at @Amyrsward.

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Stanford AI Lab Blog

MAY 31, 2022

As an example, the Wikipedia article “Tidal Basin, Washington D.C.” shown on the left of the figure below describes that the basin hosts “National Cherry Blossom Festival”, and if we jump to the hyperlinked article shown on the right, we see that the festival celebrates “Japanese cherry trees”. Fabio Petroni, et al.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Check to make sure you are updated in places that matter: Guidestar , CharityNavigator , GreatNonprofits , Wikipedia , and GlassDoor.com. Look to your supporters for great fundraising stories that you can bring national attention to. New volunteers will be evaluating new nonprofits based on rating sites. Timebox it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

Earlier this summer, I attended the National Partnership for Women and Families (NPWF) annual gala lunch. I know what you’re thinking: I have no idea what a QR code is and that link to the Wikipedia article isn’t going to cut it. Author: Emily Goodstein. So, allow me to take a moment to explain what I’m talking about.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

in funding The National AI Research Resource proposed the formation of a new federal organization with $2.6B But Wikipedia did this, and it was very successful. in funding that would make AI research and development more accessible to American scientists. “We’re seeing like 50 percent more pageviews,” said Shrager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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AFP Blog

JULY 30, 2007

The NonProfitTimes - eNewsletter: "Taking advantage of the first revision of Form 990 in years, the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) and Guidestar have created a Wiki page to solicit comments and suggestions for the new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form.Like Wikipedia, the collaborative online encyclopedia, users can log on with a (..)

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Give The Civility in the Workplace blog writes that according to the book, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--and How We Can Get More of It by Arthur C. I just moved all of the dramas and documentaries down on our Netflix list, and moved up all the comedies.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

The National Institutes of Health is the primary funder of the project. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. The nonprofit Wadsworth Center in New York is developing an in-home brain computer interface system for use by severely paralyzed people to make communication possible for them. Affordable Thought Controlled Computing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

based National Center for Charitable Statistics and adopted by the IRS back in the pre-Web 1980s. The project also works closely with volunteer translators at Wikipedia’s translatewiki.net. They then got going on a revision of the NTEE code system that was devised by the U.S.-based

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2005

Daniel Ben-Horin, CompuMentor's President and co-CEO, commented: 'Wikipedia, DeanSpace, MoveOn, Firefox Campaign, craigslist - none of these succeeded because they had faster servers or fatter pipes than anyone else. Web-based social tools open up unimagined possibilities for our sector, nationally and internationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! Video, Wikis, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networking Wikiscan let's you see who is editing wikipedia as mentioned in a recent Wired Magazine article. Is your nonprofit planning to participate on Blog Day?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout. Beyrouth, Lebanon: SkillPill: Creating Wikipedia Articles. Orlando, Florida: Creating a Tech-Centric Culture in Your Nonprofit. Friday, March 27, 2015. Chicago, Illinois: Social Media for Social Impact: Fundraising and Customer Relationship Management.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

United Nations : The UN runs a?virtual updating relevant Wikipedia pages. . Global Volunteer Programs. virtual program connecting volunteers to organizations worldwide. . Smithsonian Institute : T he Smithsonian Institute?offers offers virtual volunteers opportunities to help with two main projects , ?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Users active in online social environments based on social objects like Flickr (photography), Ravelry (knitting), and Wikipedia (information) often trend older. This means that teens are not necessarily more savvy or more interested than other groups in engaging in communities of practice around content experiences.

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Philip King: Were approaching 500 clients, and in contrast to some of our competitors were not counting national contracts as each region or division. Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? frogloop: How broad is your client base in terms of size and geographic reach?

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