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How to Backup Your Ning Network Content

Wild Apricot

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ). read more ).

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To follow up on Monday’s post about why nonprofits should consider hiring a social media manger , below is an excerpt from Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits that helps further explore the time commitment necessary to create and sustain a comprehensive social media stategy for your nonprofit.

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My Top 16 tools of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Elgg is the open source social network management system. Don’t use Ning, use Elgg. So what tools did you come to depend on in 2008? This is an awesome cross-platform mind mapping tool. I use it to create sitemaps, mostly, but it’s also great for brainstorming. Install it on your own server, control your own data.

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Open Social Networks

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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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

Note from Beth: Last May, Mark Pescue published a provocative essay called the "Tower and the Clouds" which talked about the tension between working in traditional, hierarchical nonprofits and the "cloud" like behavior of working with social media. As of today TuDiabetes has almost 10,800 members and EsTuDiabetes has almost 5,400.

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What You Need to Know About Nonprofit Social Network Use

NTEN

Remember those halcyon days of yore when the phrase "social networking" was suffused with golden light? Let's create a Ning site! Ah, 2008, you are missed. If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. New fundraising campaing? Try Causes!