Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki. USTREAM :: ustream.tv.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. 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?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of April 8th).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Unlike 10 years ago, when Web communication was limited to websites and email, today nonprofits also have access to blogs, social networks, video and photo-sharing sites, texting, and smartphone and tablet apps – and which tools your supporters use to access your nonprofit online is often directly related to their age and sometimes class and race.

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2020

Wikipedia plans to crack down on harassment and other “toxic” behavior with a new code of conduct. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, which oversees Wikipedia among other projects, voted on Friday to adopt a more formal moderation process. Wikipedia has struggled with toxicity for years.

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The Verge

JANUARY 17, 2022

In this game you put events from Wikipedia in a timeline. If you’re a history buff, or are looking for a new web game to play, Wikitrivia may be worth your time. As far as I’m aware this answer appears to be correct, but I’ve come across inaccurate info from the web in one of these boxes before.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Fun Resource Nonprofit Social Media 259

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Direct Content. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

So they go to the Web and start exploring. But Google isn't the only way people access information on the Web. It might be Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an incredible place to reach hungry learners and join a community of dedicated researchers who care deeply about making knowledge accessible to everyone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0: The Broadcast Web.” ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

The Wikimedia Foundation is creating a new paid service for companies that draw on Wikipedia data. Wikimedia Enterprise , as it’s called, won’t change how current Wikipedia services work. But broadly, it’s like a premium version of Wikipedia’s API — the tool that lets anybody scrape and re-host Wikipedia articles.

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NetWits

OCTOBER 12, 2009

According to Wikipedia, “ Brochureware ” is the definition of a website that has very infrequently updated content. Brochureware sites therefore take little advantage of the capabilities of the web that are missing in printed publication.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Go to Wikipedia. Search each keyword and mark the wikipedia URL closest to the keyword. Wikipedia results rank top of Google search results more often than not. You’ll be looking for what the Wikipedia pages are ranking for, and if you can fine-tune your shortlist. Create a shortlist of keywords.

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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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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Web accessibility” means creating websites that can be fully used by people with disabilities. Wikipedia provides a good formal definition : “Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. There are many additional advantages to implementing Web accessibility.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

MAY 28, 2006

Last week Nicolas Carr, who Dion Hinchcliffe refers to as "that Web 2.0 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. This is what led Nick to write Wikipedia is dead. Who are they?

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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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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

They have since published a report on The Real-Time Web and Its Future. The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords.

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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 “Wikipedia articles (there are more than 2.9

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Launching today for iOS, the idea is to go cross-platform in the future, Web included. BetterInternet lets beginner and experienced Web developers and designers improve live websites without the need to install anything on their computers. Examples: revamped versions of Wikipedia and Craigslist. 24me / iOS app. BetterInternet.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The amazing thing about the web is what we can do with those impulses, stories, and gifts. the web creates visible real-time reputations. the web collapses distance and set up costs. Examples: YouTube, eBay, Wikipedia, Google. Examples: Wikipedia. What is it about the health community that’s different?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 26, 2008

It’s actually because someone included it in a Wikipedia Article (no, it wasn’t me.). Where I rail against web shops that continue to suggest that people use their CMS, when it’s just not possible for one shop to replicate the robustness, features, security and upgradeability of the Open Source CMS offerings.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Amazon is shutting down Alexa Internet, a service that has provided web traffic analysis for more than two decades. Alexa is best known for Alexa Rank, a ranking of the world’s most popular websites, with this information frequently referenced in news coverage and public resources like Wikipedia.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Did you know that there are over 156 million public blogs, according to Wikipedia. That's a lot of competition for all you nonprofit campaigners and bloggers. How do you make your blog stand out? What are the best blogging practices your organization should implement that will also generate more blog traffic? Frogloop's got you covered.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 23, 2008

First, what’s a web-inar? Wikipedia says: A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. NTEN & TechSoup have teamed up to deliver a series of webinars on storytelling and social media - and I’m the presenter for the first one!

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2021

Large sites such as Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Amazon, Home Depot and Target have something the rest of us don’t — they’ve got years of built-up Google trust signals. Start with best practices like making incredible content and securing backlinks to your best web pages, but also be willing to think a bit outside the box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

United States lawmakers are considering two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) , that post a threat to the openness of the web around the Globe. In response, many web sites are going on strike. Source: eef-etc.com via Beth on Pinterest. How the Strike Works.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The Wikipedia entry on this topic is extensive, and the most common usage in the marketplace is for the socially beneficial flavor of “social enterprise,” not the Salesforce one-year-old marketing campaign. Universities have programs on learning how to run social enterprises.

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The Verge

JANUARY 19, 2021

But it looks like Wattpad may no longer be trying to become an entertainment tastemaker all on its own — South Korean web company Naver is buying Wattpad for over $600 million, the companies announced today. Here’s a handy list of those adaptations from Wikipedia.).

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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. Bard, on the other hand, is out scouting the web right now. Its information is up-to-the-minute.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2007

" Here's how the site defines it: is a search visualization tool that enables you to compare, remix and share results from the best web, image, video, blog, tagging, news engines or RSS feeds. You can also use it to find out what is popular on Wikipedia or use the Search Analytics Toolbox in your browser.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

.&# 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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