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What OpenSocial Means

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details. Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector.

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Guest Post by Manny Hernandez: Transitioning From Social Media Cloud to Nonprofit Organization

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

His online communities are the most tech-savvy of the independent diabetes communities : Hernandez built it on social networking platform Ning, the company at which he worked before starting these online communities and his nonprofit. We decided to become a nonprofit in early 2008 and formed the Diabetes Hands Foundation in April 2008.

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Off the Mat, Into the World's Seva Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Off the Mat, Into the World is a 501(c)(3) project of The Engage Network that, "aims to inspire and guide you to find and define your purpose and become active in your local or global community in an effective, sustainable and joyful way." You can read more about the Network and both programs in the Spring 2008 issue of Organic Style.

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Collaborative Technologies for Social Impact: How Survivors Connect leverages the web and you can, too!

Amy Sample Ward

According to Aashika, “It is these very same technologies that often enable transnational human trafficking; so I felt that I needed to get involved in this way to make our activism smarter, and innovate on both the “process&# and “product/software&# frontlines.”. Tips for Collaboration Online.

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

NTEN

In 2008, I helped start the Frozen Pea Fund against breast cancer. ThePort, Ning) Multimedia content sharing is a powerful tool for storytelling, providing content that is easy to share and embed. You can't be knee-deep in social media activism without it. People are talking about you. Have you heard of Motrin Moms ?

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Online Fundraising in a Bad Economy - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

needs to have a large following and active presence on online social networks. From asmallworld.org to facebook to any tiny niche ning community. Sincerely Victor February 8, 2009 | victorseo Copyright © 2008, Care2.com These days it takes a huge amount of staff resources and time to raise money online using social media.