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Geek Speak: Do you have a voice?
Google Voice that is... but wait, what is Google Voice? Google Voice is an internet based call forwarding service, FREE of charge unless placing international calls. It's currently released by invite only but it's pretty easy to get an invite...
Managing an Online Reputation
A while back, Steve and I wrote a blog post about brand reputation and how to discover what people are saying about you . Therefore, I was excited today to read an excellent article from the New York Times on the same subject ( http://www.nytimes.com...
An Intro to Social Media
We talk about social media, just a little bit , on our Blackbaud blogs. But maybe you're wondering why you should care or you know what it is but need to know more. Where do you go to find more information? I had a friend/professional peer ask me...
Social Media and Privacy Settings
Lately, when something hasn’t been working, in between projects, or waiting for edits, I decided to try a little experiment. I wanted to see what would happen if I played with my privacy settings on some social media sites like myspace, facebook, flickr...
Geek Speak: Twitter Tools to Twind Tweeps to Twollow
Try to say that title one time fast (yeah, don't even bother with three times fast)! Phew! Why the alliteration? Well I recently signed up for Twitter a few months ago to see what it was all about, and it wasn’t until I understood the power of it...
Little Tricks for Big Help!
Once and a while I find a cool, small detail about a tool or website that makes a huge difference to me – so much so, I feel the need to share. I especially appreciate them when they save me steps and time! Here are eight to get you started... 1. Merge...
What are people saying about you?
Your brand reputation (either personal or professional) is an important aspect of your business. Being "in the know" about what people are saying about your brand is important. Unfortunately, branding is not like the world of glitz and glamour...
Discovering Xobni
Yeah! It’s fun to have co-workers just randomly mention a cool tool in a meeting and then off you go on a learning adventure. Thanks to Georgeanne, I was recently introduced to Xobni (inbox backwards). http://www.xobni.com/ Xobni (pronounced Zob nee)...
The Nonprofit Technology Community
Wow, for a geek, I'm sitting here even more geeked up (especially for a Monday). I recently found out this blog is included on the Nonprofit Technology website as a blog source. Nonprofittech.com is a website that was started by Beth Kanter as a way...
How do you coordinate your profiles?
Sometimes when you experiment with social media and learn (like I do), you amass a ton of online profiles. For example, recently I remembered I had a yahoo profile and email address. Wow, wonder how long it’s been since I last checked that email?! I updated...
Co-Authoring in Microsoft SharePoint
Authoring in SharePoint – a world unto its own for those of you brave enough to venture into adding web parts, setting up sites and workspaces, and playing around with site settings. I find it’s often more like a treasure hunt than a systematic process...
Can you Digg It?
I confess. I don’t Digg and I have no idea what to use it for. In fact, just the other day I submitted my first article. And it doesn’t even really count since it’s one of my own blog posts. I just wanted to test the process. Sadly, as of today, 6 days...
Supporting Your Causes in Facebook
I noticed this week that Causes in Facebook seem to have improved their ease of recruiting. I was recruited to a couple of my favorite local nonprofits and in return could invite others all without much effort. The other nice part about Causes in Facebook...
Educate Yourself Using RSS
Sometimes keeping up with the amount of information, news, and blogs on the Internet can be time-consuming, unproductive, and frustrating. I know for the longest time I had a routine down where I'd visit my list of sites every morning looking for...
Don’t Overlook the Obvious with Wikis
Being in the business of explaining technical things, it’s easy to skip the obvious and jump to the difficult stuff. After all, since we can make educated guesses of what people will struggle with; why not jump to explaining that content? However, doing...
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