Wild Apricot
APRIL 22, 2010
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.( read more ).
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 26, 2008
Don’t use Ning, use Elgg. I use these tools because I haven’t found open source alternatives for these functions that work as well, or are as user friendly. It’s not cheap, but it works well, and saves me so much time invoicing, that it pays for itself several times over every month. Stay tuned. SaaS Tools.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 11, 2012
If you can invest only 5 hours a week, then you will get the return on investment (ROI) from 5 hours of work. Niche Networks (Ning, Change.org, Care2, WiserEarth, BlackPlanet): 5 to 10 Hours Weekly. Ning allows nonprofits to launch their own social networking communities.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 1, 2007
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
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. Could this be a new type of nonprofit or not?
NTEN
MAY 10, 2010
Let's create a Ning site! Maybe it will work. Ah, 2008, you are missed. Presented by: Jeff Patrick, Common Knowledge Remember, we're not saying you can't have fun using social media at work, just that collecting data proving that fun is valuable will serve you well in the long run. New fundraising campaing? Try Causes!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
No matter how important you think your work is (and I am sure you are doing amazing things for others in the world), your organization needs to be notable, according to Wikipedia’s guidelines , before it can be Wikipedia-worthy. This set the rules of their site and it’s worked for them so far… though the jury is still out on this one.
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