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New SSIR Post: Will 2009 Bring Social Learning Spaces to Life?

Amy Sample Ward

When I talk with organizations about how they are using social media tools to engage online, whether they’ve already started or not, I find that the most common approach is to set up that Facebook group, add a blog to the website, or even set up a wiki for an event. But that’s it. For the full post, visit the SSIR blog here.

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Great reads from around the web on January 13th

Amy Sample Ward

In the new decade we are in the “perfect collaboration storm:&# energy around our “community visions&# , enormous critical community needs, myriad of new nonprofit organizations, and desire for greater impact. "Zoetica serves nonprofits and socially conscious companies with top-tier, word-of-mouth communication services.

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Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards Winners Announced

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Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. More than 4,800 nonprofit professionals cast votes in the final selection round. Big History.

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Great reads from around the web on November 16th

Amy Sample Ward

"Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place from 16 – 22 November 2009. Chase and Facebook today announced the launch of Chase Community Giving: You Decide What Matters, a grassroots campaign to inspire a new way of corporate philanthropy." Global Entrepreneurship Week – This week is Global Entrepreneurship Week!

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Great reads from around the web on July 8th

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is a new nonprofit in Austin, Texas and it’s bringing you the first world wide film festival only for nonprofit and cause-driven organizations. We're traveling to London and Cambridge in July 2009 as part of Innovation UK. " Facebook Users Are Getting Older. Find me on Delicious for more!

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Great reads from around the web on May 16th

Amy Sample Ward

" Nonprofit Uses QR Code, Quora to Make Cause Marketing More Transparent | Cause marketing for nonprofits – Here is a really interesting case study where an organization is using both a QR code and the answer platform Quora to engage and inform supporters. "This We hope you will join us."

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Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is Here!

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Any Web enabled device can become a place to connect with actions: your iPhone, news sites and blogs, Facebook & other social networks, or even in your own Web site!&#. Submissions period begins on February 23, 2009, at 11 am PST, and runs through April 3, 2009, at 3 pm PST. Learn more about the Challenge & participate!

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