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The power of Powtoon presentations

magdalena@bocatics.org (Magdalena Glowacz) — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:35:00 +0100

Inspired by James Humes words: "The art of communication is the language of leadership", we have been thinking about a perfect tool that helps to make a presentation that keeps the attention of the audience

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Google+ improves access to video calls by adding sign language

anna@bocatics.org (Anna Di Matera) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:56:00 +0100

It is important that new technologies always include options for people with disabilities, and that is why we like seeing that Google, the most popular search engine right now, has thought of creating a new tool for people who are deaf.

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Google Plus knows how to keep the attention of your audience

magdalena@bocatics.org (Magdalena Glowacz) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:58:00 +0100

You may think that the process of informing your audience via another social media tool (when you already do this through some other services) is a waste of time and Mission Impossible in one, but the reality looks much more simple, especially when the tool you are using is Google+.

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Online Converter - The perfect tool!

magdalena@iwith.org (Magdalena Glowacz) — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:55:00 +0100

In the time when IT technology offers many kinds of programs and formats in which users can safe their work, people seek for a useful solution that will provide an opportunity to open every needed file.

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iWith.org in partnership with the "Caja de Ingenieros"

anna@bocatics.org (Anna Di Matera) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:02:00 +0100

An example of how to access NGOs' services.
Throughout its 45 year history the co-operative credit society "Engineers Fund" has been and remains today an entity committed to society. The "Engineers Fund", in accordance with these values and an awareness of the key transformative role that NGOs play in our society, offers options to the entities which have this legal status within the sector.

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Tips for a strong password and the importance of it

magda@bocatics.org (Magda Tsartsari) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:28:00 +0100

It is very important, to consider the following tips and change your existing password to a more secure one, in order to eliminate the chances of having your online account hacked.

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Adobe EchoSign helps signing your contracts easier

magdalena@bocatics.org (Magdalena Glowacz) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:35:00 +0100

Adobe EchoSign is a eSignature service, 100% web-based, which don't require any scanning software, signature pads or digital certificates.

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Read Write Web /Enterprise

melissa@bocatics.org (Melissa Serrano) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:56:00 +0100

Read Write Web /Enterprise can help NGOs be effective e-mailers. Using research that includes analyzing and tracking 21 million messages as well as exploring the endless articles of the topic of emailing available of the web, Read Write Web/ Enterprise now shed light on the best times for emailing others.

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Conclusions from the communication tables for entities.

clara@iwith.org (Clara Garcia) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:19:00 +0100

CST, along with other entities within the Catalan territory, and as part of the Support Plan for the Third Environmental Sector of the Department of Territory and Sustainability, since April 2012 a total of 6 round tables have been organized across the Catalan territory.

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Crowdfunding

miranda@bocatics.org (Miranda Gubbels) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:12:00 +0100

Crowdsourcing.org has done a study on the phenomenon crowdfunding. In their report they present the results, based on 135 out of 452 crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) that participated in the study.

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Teaming Online, now accepting credit cards!

monica@bocatics.org (Monica Duran) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:48:00 +0100

Teaming is an initiative that serves as a platform for micro donations. With Teaming, you can make the difference in people’s life through one monthly, small, contribution.

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VYOU for NGOs

melissa@bocatics.org (Melissa Serrano) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:27:00 +0100

Ask questions, give answers and view the responses of others. YVOU provides video recorded answers to real everyday problems, enabling NGOs to gain information faster and more effectively.

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InnoExplora

melissa@bocatics.org (Melissa Serrano) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:29:00 +0100

InnoExplora manages to redefine what it means to impact the world. InnoExplora can help NGOs move forward using valuable information and resources in the fields of business, social media and education.

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LinkedIn board connect

miranda@bocatics.org (miranda gubbels) — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:05:00 +0100

LinkedIn is presenting a new feature for nonprofit organizations: Board connect. It can help organizations to easily identify connections to potential board members.

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migranodearena.org

miranda@bocatics.org (miranda gubbels) — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:10:00 +0100

If you have something to celebrate or a challenge that you have noticed, add it to a solidarity cause and share it with your family and friends. Together you can accumulate grains of sand and improve the lives of the people who need it most.

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Ducksboard

elizabeth@bocatics.org (Elizabeth Cherba) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:14:00 +0100

Ducksboard is a dashboard that can help you organize and track different data to help easily manage you NGO.

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YoruFukurou Application for Twitter

elizabeth@iwith.org (Elizabeth Cherba) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:09:00 +0100

YoruFukurou is an application for Twitter than allows users to manage and personalize their NGO and personal accounts a once.

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Using Pinterest as a Platform

julie@iwith.org (Julie Nyce) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:27:00 +0100

Pinterest is a tool that non profit organizations can use in order to reach more people, share their new activities, and stay updated on other organizations.

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The New Facebook Timeline Layout Improving Non-Profits

elizabeth@bocatics.org (Elizabeth Cherba) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:45:00 +0100

The new Timeline format in Facebook allows Non-Profits to maximize strong first impressions and customize their applications.

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Resources for Accessing Computers

miranda@bocatics.org (Julie Nyce & Liz Cherba) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:36:00 +0100

If your organization is looking for resources on where to get computer technology and internet connections, you may find the following helpful:

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How to create an effective social media strategy?

ola@bocatics.org (Ola Zemke) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:46:00 +0100

Creating and managing online content has never been so complicated. Facebook, Google +, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Blogs…. Which social media tools choose to have an effective social media strategy?

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The 8 actions that the solidary internet users do to support their favorite causes.

alexandros@bocatics.org (Alexandros Papageorgiou) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:41:00 +0100

iWith.org conducted the research “Solidarity and Me” with the collaboration of over 28 NGOs.
The development was done by TwoMuch research studio and Netquest that surveyed over 2500 internet users in Spain and all over the world about their preferences to donate and support charitable causes and NGOs.

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How many internet users are willing to support your cause ?

alexandros@bocatics.org (Alexandros Papageorgiou) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:13:00 +0100

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Which is the preferred formula for the solidary internet users to give donations ?

alexandros@bocatics.org (Alexandros Papageorgiou) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:44:00 +0100

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The 4 characteristics of citizens with high potential to support solidarity causes through the ...

alexandros@bocatics.org (Alexandros Papageorgiou) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:18:00 +0100

iWith.org conducted the research “Solidarity and Me” with the collaboration of over 28 NGOs. The development was done by Two Much research studio and Netquest that surveyed over 2500 internet users in Spain and all over the world about their preferences to donate and support charitable causes and NGOs.

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4 factors of discouragement that will drive your supporters away

alexandros@bocatics.org (Alexandros Papageorgiou) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:35:00 +0100

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7 communication virtues that will attract contributions to your solidarity project.

alexandros@bocatics.org (Alexandros Papageorgiou) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:31:00 +0100

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Quepuedohaceryo: New application for facebook launched by Hazloposible Foundation

paraskevi@bocatics.org (Nikos Dalavouras) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:21:00 +0100

Fundacion hazloposible is an non-profit organization which aims to impulse the innovative interaction and participation of the society in causes related to solidarity, through the use of new technologies.

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Communication and Identity: Why this is important to NGOs

rene@iwith.org (René Villa) — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:45:00 +0100

NGOs and other non-profit organizations must reinforce and reestablish their identity as a powerful and recognizable brand. Communication is very important for non-profit organizations, between each other and to the public. Otherwise, how else would NGOs be able to differentiate themselves from each other?

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Facebook: New Resources Centre for Non Profits

rene@bocatics.org (René Villa) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:09:00 +0100

Facebook is one of the most popular websites on the internet. With over 500 million members in about 7 years, it would easily be considered the third largest country in the world, even ahead of the United States!

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Internet: Land of opportunities

ramon@iwith.org (Ramon Bartomeus) — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:29:00 +0100

A look at Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Delicious, LinkedIn, SlideShare, RSS, Google... on the occasion of the IV Encuentro Internacional de la Recuperación

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Crowdfunding platforms: the revolution for non-profit organizations

ola@bocatics.org (Aleksandra Zemke) — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:57:00 +0100

Crowdfunding is a new phenomenon in online world, that creates great oportunities for NGO's to raise money for their causes.

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Youvote.info, create your social campaign or your web poll

ola@iwith.org (Aleksandra Zemke) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:53:00 +0100

Youvote.info is a virtual platform where citizens can express their opinions, ask questions and vote social campaigns.

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Know your NGO better with LinkedIn

ola@iwith.org (Aleksandra Zemke) — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:36:00 +0100

LinkedIn is an online social network for business professionals. It's different than other social networking sites, because it is designed for professional networking - connecting with potential partners or finding a job - rather than simply making friends, sharing photos or music.

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Causes Application for Facebook

ola@bocatics.org (Aleksandra Zemke) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:43:00 +0100

Causes is the Facebook Platform that provides the tools so that any Facebook user can rise money for a cause he supports.

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A Profile, a Fan Page or a Group? How NGOs should utilize Facebook to promote their mission?

llarson@knox.edu (Linnea Larson) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:14:00 +0100

A free and easy way to promote your NGO is through Facebook. With over 500 million active users, it is necessary that NGOs utilize the social network to promote their goals and activities. However, on Facebook are three options - a Profile, a Fan Page and a Group - and it is crucial to know which one will best serves your needs.

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Jumo, the social network for NGOs

ola@bocatics.org (Aleksandra Zemke) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:04:00 +0100

Jumo, launched by the Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, offers an unprecedented hub for non-profit groups and organizations: it aims to be a social network for social causes.

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Use the potencial of online micro-volunteering with Sparked.com

ola@iwith.org (Aleksandra Zemke) — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:13:00 +0100

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Fundrazr, now you can receive donations via Facebook

claudio@bocatics.org (Claudio Molino) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:31:00 +0100

Those of us supporting NGOs or not for profit projects can now invite our friends to make donations towards our cause.

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A good-looking or an user-friendly website? Tips for creating an usable and easy-to-navigate ...

clara@iwith.org (Clara Garcia) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:59:00 +0100

When we start planning our website, it is essential to consider our visitor's experience. They need to find it easy-to-use, with well-structured information and contents, and free of any distracting elements.
Any user landing on our page has to quickly get an idea about who we are and what we do and to intuitively find the information he is looking for.

This is what we call Usability.

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Create your Facebook fan page

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:49:00 +0100

Nowadays, using social networks to spread activities of an organization is becoming increasingly common. Facebook, with more than 400 millions users worldwide is a good way to reach public.

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Twitter tweets in several languages

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:47:00 +0100

No more excuses not to use Twitter! The platform of micro blogging, used by more than 50 million people, becomes multilingual.

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Get your website listed, and well listed!

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:16:00 +0100

Quite often, our beneficiaries send us mails to ask us about web promotion and to get their website to appear more prominently in search engines when people do term-based searches…
It is a complex issue, but we will try to give you some advice in order to increase the provability to get on top of the list.

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Benefit yourself through website-tracking

villarrealrauls@bocatics.org (Raul Villarreal) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:18:00 +0100

There exists a tools used to track the origins of the visitors landing on your page.

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Communication during Times of Crisis

villarrealrauls@bocatics.org (Raul Villarreal) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:01:00 +0100

Leandro Fernández Miró wrote an article in CiComunica titled Haiti, NGOs and Communication, which I found interesting and worthy of sharing. Leandro presents critical arguments of the media during times of crisis, and presents an alternative way to improve journalism. The following is a summary of the most important and controversial parts of the article ...

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In a time of Crisis, be united on the Internet

clarasolerd@iwith.org (Clara Soler) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:16:00 +0100

"Do your good action for the day every time you connect to the Internet. Collaborate for free with an NGO, changing your homepage."

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Google sulking old browsers!

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:09:00 +0100

Google's developers team has announced that 2010 will be a turnig year for browsers. Indeed, they have decided not to adapt their applications to older browsers. Some explanations.

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Chrome 4 and Firefox 3.6: Navigation Server Competition

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:00 +0100

Firefox or Chrome? Mozilla or the imperial Google? Or simply good old Internet Explorer? How to choose the appropriate navigator server continues to be a mystery. There are two essential tests that give the best results for choosing the correct server.

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A new step for GOOGLE: Accelerate up your navigation speed

villarrealrauls@bocatics.org (Raul Villarreal) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:58:00 +0100

Google Public DNS (for Domain Name System) is a simple and free service by Google. Users from outside the United States will notice a drastic increase in their navigation speed. Changing your DNS is quick and easy. Here’s the scoop and the instructions on how to change your DNS provider to Google Public DNS.

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Internet for parents

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0100

A few days ago, we were updating two new tools to improve parental control about the infantile use of the Internet. We are sharing a presentation that we prepared for a group of parents. Iwith.org is neither specialized in security on the Internet nor on children education. But we have a lot of experience about the use of the Internet and how kids use it.

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