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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

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 The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Or given up? It’s really worth a read.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. So, be sure to regularly retweet partners, chapters, staff, activists, donors, and sponsors. If your nonprofit doesn’t, then either decide not to use Twitter or tweet minimally with low expectations.

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The scarcity mentality

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

A long time ago (in web years) I was working with a certain CEO of a certain chapter of a certain very-big-nonprofit (whose role in life is to fund other nonprofits – this kinda gives it away, but it’s necessary for the story.) This reminds me of a true story.

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

Connection Cafe

In this blog post, I want to discuss two big themes from chapter 1 of the book. pages 5-11 of chapter 1). pages 13-18 of chapter 1). What they actually did was far more mundane – the same type of modeling and segmentation that the Obama campaign deployed in 2008 and 2012. Download Chapter 1 >>

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. The last chapter of the Networked Nonprofit is on networked governance. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!) I worry a lot about that sort of thing for nonprofits – finding others that are also using a specific project.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!) I worry a lot about that sort of thing for nonprofits – finding others that are also using a specific project.