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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Write the good press release

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:07:00 +0100

2010 is starting and in Iwith.org, we decided to update our press release. The opportunity also to give you some pertinent advices.

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How to use a hashtag on Twitter

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:19:00 +0100

Yet Twitter had a strange name but now on, we are talking about hashtags... Don't worry, we will only talk about an usefull tool as usual.
If you already use Twitter or have been following up our actions for the Global Eco Forum, last november, you probably had used a hashtag without realising it.

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Upload a video in your article

margot@bocatics.org (Margot Berg) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:40:00 +0100

Sometimes shoot a video to illustrate an event is more powerful than a long article. An easy way to distribute your videos is to load them on Youtube and then copy the embed code and paste it in your article. We will make the process step.

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End of the year…time to clean up our email accounts

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:45:00 +0100

If you use Abcore web mail you should be aware that even if you delete your emails you also need to empty the Trash to make them disappear forever. In the times of assessments, cleanings and making new resolutions, pay attention to the following recommendation.

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How do I add my organization to Google Maps?

tomek@bocatics.org (tomasz czech) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:56:00 +0100

Make it easier for your partners when looking for your exact, non-virtual localization. You can simply add your organization’s address to Google Maps and be quickly found by your collaborators.

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Create your own animated banner!

tomek@bocatics.org (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:43:00 +0100

If you want to promote some of your event or make your news more visible, creating a banner is a good way to be noticeable. Make your own banner and publish it on your website or on websites of organizations you collaborate with.

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Do You Know How to Configure Your Email?

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:34:00 +0100

There are many ways for you to receive and read your organization's email: configure your email with Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, use the webmail that the Ab•core platform provides, or use a public email program such as Gmail. Analyze the options and use the one that best fits your needs.

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Sending An Email To Everyone In Your Address Book? Read This First

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:00:00 +0100

If you’re thinking of sending a ‘Bcc’ email to everyone in your address book be careful and remember that a massive group email could be considered as SPAM. The Iwith.org Ab·core platform offers you a solution.

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Forbidden Symbols

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarría) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:00:00 +0100

The process of uploading a photograph or any document to our webs is not difficult, although, you should not forget that in the name of the file there should not be symbols that make its reading impossible.

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Convert Everything

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:00:00 +0100

We have the tool you were looking for to convert documents. If you are a user of Open source programs, or free sofware, this is the solution that enables you to open or save files.

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How not to be considered Spam, or suffer it

erika@iwith.org (Erika Olavarria wittwer) — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:00:00 +0100

This is the famous ‘junk mail’ that raise an ethic question among those who receive, send or manage electronic mail. To what extent can you send publicity through the Internet? And, if you are not a company, how can you prevent this virtual marketing or being confused for Spam? These are questions we will try to develop in the following article.

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