This month’s Net2 Think Tank question was, “What do you think will be the big changes, new technologies, hot applications, or successful campaigns of 2009?” Take a look at the posts below—many great conversation starters to get you thinking and buzzing about what 2009 will bring. Check out the predictions for 2009 from NetSquared community members: Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. We had a great collection of contributions this month. 

My current job title includes the term “Community Builder” and I get asked nearly every day just what that means: how do you build community? where is the community you want to build? how can I be a community builder online? I want My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog.  You can read the full post and join the conversation on SSIR here.

In 2009 their campaigns made me laugh or helped me channel my frustration over injustices into action. Here’s my list of the best websites and online campaigns from 2009. Charity:Water In 2009 Charity:Wate r became the super star of the nonprofit world for using social media to brand themselves and raise money online. The people who work in online advocacy and fundraising are some of the most creative people I know. A

If social media is about individuals conversing authentically with a community, who's in charge of the conversation?  You'll To whit: the second coming of the online community manager.   ReadWriteWeb has a new report out, " The Read Write Web Guide to Community Management ", that marks the ascension of the online community manager (2.0). Flickr Photo: varnent Your job isn't going to exist in a few years, and it ain't the economy's fault. Blame it on social media.   If

I had been looking forward to Clay Shirky 's plenary at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference for a while, and he did not let me down. It's required reading for anyone working with online communities and social capital, and his talk today took the book's concepts to a new level. Tags: Social Web Internet Nonprofits Technology NTEN Clay Shirky 09NTC Online Communities Community Whuffi Keeping in theme with his almost dead-on resemblance to Tom Hanks, his words/message/thoughts resonated around the room like Forest Gump on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

David Wilcox and I are getting ready for iterations on Social by Social - the first two being applications of the lessons learned and strategies for using social media shared in Social by Social ( read online or download the PDF for free, or buy your hardcopy ) in local communities and the same for local government.  We have a couple events coming up at the end of the week where we’ll get to work with local government representatives, organizations and community members to discuss how to use social media to create community online as well as enable democratic participation.

A successful online community can pay off in increased word of mouth (35%), more brand awareness (28%), bringing new ideas into the organization faster (24%) and greater customer loyalty (24%), according to the 2008 Tribalization of Business study by Beeline Labs, Deloitte, and the Society for New Communications Research, which surveyed more than 100 business with online communities. That the greatest value of an online community lies in “communications-based objectives” — in forging bonds between...( read more ) ...Tags: Tags: analytics online community Best practices research

Flickr: Chad_Norman The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference was a blast, but it sure felt like a whirlwind of information and people. Tags: 09NTC community buzz NPTech NTE We're lucky that so many attendees took photos, blogged, and tweeted to capture and share their conference experiences. Folks Folks used "09ntc" as the primary tag when publishing information and media about the conference online.

community.  survivors on a personal basis and animate the community.   I asked Brooke McMillan, Online Community Evangelist, for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, to share some examples of how they engage with their community. October 2nd is LIVESTRONG Day- a day we set aside each year to focus on cancer survivors, advocacy efforts and community participation. Note from Beth:   The Lance Armstrong Foundation , known by its nickname “Livestrong”, Livestrong”, provides a  network of support for people diagnosed

Online Communities: what works, and what doesn't. View more presentations from Bart De waele . (tags: tags: online communities ) ...Tags: Tags: slideshare community slideshow