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Can Social Network Analysis Help You Improve Your Social Media Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social network analysis tools available. .

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Six Books About Skills You Need To Succeed in A Networked World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you’re doing social media and you’re trying to be perfect, get over it – you won’t learn how to improve what you’re doing. I’ve been curating resources on training techniques and capacity building over at scoop.it This book will help. Brilliance by Design by Vicki Halsey.

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TechSoup at NTC: Talk Back, Security, Online Communities, Tech Planning, and More!

Tech Soup

The 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) has begun. Many organizations are looking beyond social networks to create their own private communities of supporters, advocates, or collaborators. And once they are set up, what sort of management and communication techniques keep people engaged? The time has come.

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My New Year's Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently - 52 Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On January 1st, I wrote about my goals for 2009 using Chris Brogan's process of selecting three words or larger concepts to frame them. Why Your Nonprofit Should Streamline Social Media Social media is still relatively new. Don't set up a presence on every social network in the world all at once. .

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A Tale of Two Nonprofit and Social Media Adoption Surveys

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The headline is: Social Network and Mid-Size Nonprofits: What's The Use? The survey looked at results and numbers and concludes that social media is not very effective and that midsize organizations should not waste time or effort. My opinion is that nonprofits should not ditch their efforts in social media.

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Free Webinar: Social Media for Social Good

Wild Apricot

In only 75 minutes, attendees will learn about the latest findings on the use of social media, real-world examples of effective social media campaigns and how nonprofits can leverage "word of mouth" marketing techniques on 2009. The free webinar - going live at 2pm EST, Wednesday, 17 December.( read more )

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Collaborative Paper: What to do in the nonprofit sector to offset the economic crash.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One the recommendations is: Invest in Social Capital. It will be the only growing market in 2009. Look at it as part of your organization: There have always been good reasons to build your social network, but now it is a matter of strategy and applying the techniques of network weaving.