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Archives : July 2009

31 July 2009

Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread: Create a Collaborative Multi-Media Presentation

VoiceThread, named one of Webware's top 100 web apps for 2008, is an online media album tool that lets a group of people easily add their comments to a collection of images, videos, and documents. Gayle Thorsen has some great ideas for how non-profits can use VoiceThread to engage their supporters in a compelling, collaborative online story — and you’ll have plenty of your own ideas, when you see what VoiceThread can do! (read more)
Posted Friday, 31 July 2009 at 4:25 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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29 July 2009

Wild Apricot Software News - July 2009

About Wild Apricot Software Wild Apricot web software helps small associations and non-profits to automate the 'boring stuff': managing contact records automating membership applications and renewals handling website updates tracking event registrations... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 29 July 2009 at 1:53 PM by Dmitriy Buterin [Chief Apricot] | 0 comments
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28 July 2009

How to Find Local People on Twitter

It’s great to interact with others around the world in social networks — to learn what other organizations are doing, and to reap fresh ideas for your own nonprofit — but what a many small nonprofit often needs most is to connect with potential volunteers and supporters in your own community. Here are a few tools to help you find local Twitter users. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 28 July 2009 at 4:03 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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25 July 2009

What Have You Done for Me Lately? - Keeping Score in Social Media

Do you ever feel pressured to friend someone on Facebook or follow them on Twitter, simply because they chose to friend or follow you? The expectation of reciprocity can turn a pleasant social media connection into an uncomfortable transaction - sometimes against your best interests. (read more)
Posted Saturday, 25 July 2009 at 11:59 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 15 comments
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23 July 2009

Do Hashtags Help a Twitter Topic Search?

In a recent comment on An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags , Wild Apricot reader 88keyman came through with a really great question: Suppose I’m writing on a topic concerning Iran. If I include the hashtag #Iran, how does that differ from merely using... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 23 July 2009 at 12:57 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 4 comments
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21 July 2009

GMail Tasks are Integrated with Google Calendar

You may have noticed a new link in the left sidebar of your Gmail account recently. Tasks is a relatively new-from-GMail-Labs feature that pulls together Gmail and Google Calendar to help you create and manage “to do” lists. This isn’t a tool for the... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 21 July 2009 at 4:14 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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16 July 2009

Yahoo Search Pad for Automatic Notes

If Yahoo Search is your search engine of choice, you may have noticed a new feature recently. Yahoo Search Pad kicks in automatically when the engine detects a pattern of search that suggests you're researching a specific topic, and unobtrusively tracks... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 16 July 2009 at 6:25 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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13 July 2009

Is Someone Else Using Your Twitter Hashtag?

An interesting question on Twitter hashtags came from one of our readers last week — "Our organization has been using a certain hashtag on Twitter. Now another organization has started to use the same hashtag. How can we handle that?" (read more)
Posted Monday, 13 July 2009 at 1:15 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 6 comments
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09 July 2009

Get Started with Google Alerts - Part 2: How to Get Better News Alerts

In Part 1: How to Set Up News Alerts, we covered the basics of Google Alerts. Your first few Alerts may show a lot of irrelevant information mixed in with the notices about your website, blog, or cause. No problem! A few tweaks of your search terms can make Google Alerts work much better for you. (read more)
Posted Thursday, 09 July 2009 at 4:15 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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07 July 2009

Get Started with Google Alerts - Part 1: How to Set Up News Alerts

If your nonprofit is active in social media, you already know the importance of closely monitoring what’s being said online about your organization and your cause. Set up a few key Google Alerts, and your listening task becomes a whole lot easier. (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 07 July 2009 at 7:26 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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02 July 2009

Best of Association Jam - Association Links for June 2009

In the spirit of " 30 Great Links for Associations ," here are some of the most popular blog posts, articles, presentations, and other web resources submitted to AssociationJam.org in June 2009 — one hot link from each topic category: Membership ,... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 02 July 2009 at 4:24 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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