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6 Crucial Things to Remember to Avoid Online Scams

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Do Research Online. It’s a tool that people use to envelop their connection in a protective tunnel. Ask for evidence to verify what they’re claiming. If it’s a message or email from an official source like a well-known company, then go to that company’s website and take it further from there. What is a VPN?

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6 Crucial Things to Remember to Avoid Online Scams

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Do Research Online. It’s a tool that people use to envelop their connection in a protective tunnel. Ask for evidence to verify what they’re claiming. If it’s a message or email from an official source like a well-known company, then go to that company’s website and take it further from there. What is a VPN?

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W00t! HUGE Congrats to NTEN, recipients of a $1.1m grant from Google

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Million Grant from Google to Aid Nonprofit Technology Adoption. &# The grant will support NTEN’s work to educate technology leaders about the evolving role of technology in nonprofit work, and beyond that, to produce research and training on cloud technologies and data management, visualization, and collaboration.&#.

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MUST READ new Pew survey about groups on the internet

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There is a brand new Pew Internet Research survey out called The Social Side of the Internet which is all about the impact of the internet on GROUP-FORMING. There’s lots of data in here about internet users joining groups, including associations. The internet is now deeply embedded in group and organizational life in America.

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Why Do We Need a Social Media Policy?

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Even if your association is not using social media to share your story, it is imperative for reputation management and market research. Social media is another tool for your employees and members to do their respective jobs. However, you need to train them how to use these tools effectively.

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MUST WATCH: The state of the internet and group-forming

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I pointed last week to the latest Pew Internet research study about internet users and groups which found that the users most engaged with social media are also the most engaged in groups. Clearly directly relevant to associations.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

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I’ve always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: social tools + people = lives saved. Now they have the tools.

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