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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was also a nod to the &# Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism &# which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O’Reilly’s E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel of Wired Blog). Ethan points out that the Web was invented so physicists could share research papers, but Web2.0

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WeAreMedia Project

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology WeAreMedia Project August 13, 2008 Yet another great NTEN project is happening, spearheaded by Beth Kanter, to develop a Social Media toolkit for Nonprofits. I think I can write something up.

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My wish for Web 2.5

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I keep 2 blogs of my own, and contribute actively to one community blog (at nosi.net ) and could, potentially, contribute to quite a number of others. Wikis are another great collective to do list/project management tool, but they don’t integrate, either. First, there’s the blogging issue.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. The notion of a community is really tricky because every web page is a latent community, waiting to be activated. As we move from Content to Collaboration to Community to Collective Intelligence, it becomes increasingly difficult to both observe these layers and activate them.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related. Tagged as: CMS , CRM , nptech , opensource { 4 trackbacks } What we’re reading, week of 1/12 « i On Nonprofits 01.15.09

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

s needs, knowledge, and the sorts of practices they face on a daily basis is critical in an effective knowledge transfer and exchange activity.". Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9).

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Webinar: Using Email to Engage Activists, Cultivate Donors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Care2 Senior Campaigner Natasha Nummedal and Maureen McGregor, Oceana’s Manager of E-Activism and Marketing share some of their keys to success in maximizing email response rates and converting email subscribers into donors. Maureen McGregor is the E-activism Director at Oceana. To register, please click here. All rights reserved.