Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Since the technology landscape changes so fast, here's our current short-list of go-to platforms that we use to support our clients for these activities. Ning is a hosted workspace product which boasts the largest numbers of users and networks of all of the private social networks. Drupal Commons.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Since the technology landscape changes so fast, here's our current short-list of go-to platforms that we use to support our clients for these activities. Ning is a hosted workspace product which boasts the largest numbers of users and networks of all of the private social networks. Drupal Commons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We at the Diabetes Hands Foundation started the Big Blue Test in 2009 with a simple premise meant to raise awareness about the importance of physical activity for diabetes management: testing your blood sugar, exercising 14 minutes, testing your blood sugar again and sharing the results with the community.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Today is April Fools, but instead of giving into temptation to play any tricks, I thoughts I’d focus in on the other April activity: Spring cleaning! Ning is a platform that allows individuals or organizations to create branded social networks. Happy searching!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

She also just set up a social networking site on Ning where museum professionals are discussing the future of museums in a Web 2.0 The key is understanding your audience and their online social activities. We asked simple questions about their online activities. activities of visitors, particularly with school students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

His online communities are the most tech-savvy of the independent diabetes communities : Hernandez built it on social networking platform Ning, the company at which he worked before starting these online communities and his nonprofit. Working as a nonprofit with an active presence in the social media cloud comes with its benefits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2009

He told me that a few months ago, they'd set up a social networking hub on Ning for friends and constituents of the organization to connect with each other. Tags: Online Activism Online Recruitment Social Networking Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 " read more. Tools Web 2.0 Tools Web Building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Calling all bloggers to contaminate the blogosphere with activism on VAW for 16 days. to use them for activism against VAW (violence against women). My colleague in Cambodia, Jinja, has set up a group on a special ning site. It's time for the Second Annual Take Back the Tech Campaign. Here's the call to action: ka-BLOG!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 11, 2008

Off the Mat, Into the World is a 501(c)(3) project of The Engage Network that, "aims to inspire and guide you to find and define your purpose and become active in your local or global community in an effective, sustainable and joyful way." yoga activism Cambodia

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Figure out which two or three activities best meet your community's goals, and focus your energies on them. There are plenty of options ( Google Sites , Ning , and GroupSite , to name a few) that allow you to host discussions and share documents with groups of people relatively easily.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

You can always start with a Google search but don’t forget to use group directories on WiserEarth , Ning , and Facebook. Once you find twenty target communities, rank them for size, activity, relevance to your issue, location, demographic, and cultural fit. Also, make sure to ask respected members of your local nonprofit community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2008

You can add your wdydwyd photo to the wdydwyd Flickr group , and join the wdydwyd Facebook group , or wdydwyd Ning group. wdydwyd activism You can see the Echoing Green Fellows' answers to wdydwyd on the Echoing Green home page. Full disclosure: I've worked for Echoing Green. Photo of me by the hubs. Cross-posted from BlogHer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Naturally, my colleagues and I have taken the lead in establishing our organizational presence on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Ning and posting to our blog. Adopting social media goes beyond getting your organization to be active on Facebook or Twitter. It’s my job to listen to our members and empower them to get involved.

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Forum One

JANUARY 8, 2009

social network on Ning) and promptly received a welcome message encouraging me to get involved. Receiving a welcome message within the first 24 hours of joining often makes a huge difference encouraging new community members to actively participate. I recently signed up for GovLoop (a government 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Gustav08 on Ning. He notes that the social networking tools will allow folks to use it as a place to coordinate volunteer activities. Take for example this widget created by Cerada, Hurricane Gustav widget for iPhone, mobile device or Web site/blog , which allows you to list yourself and indicate whether you are offering. Gustav Wiki.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I created a Changeblogger Facebook group (thanks to a suggestion by Tim Zimmermann of Change/Wire ), and recently established the Changeblogger Network on Ning. changeblogger blog activism nonprofit Changeblogger meetup. Rather than tag specific bloggers, I say, if you're inspired, pass it on!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

I am curious about how the network activity becomes part of (or relates to) the organizational activity. Are people just letting things evolve organically w/the presumption that the FB network activity will lead people to other involvement with their organization? It happens one person at a time.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I'm that grown up who stays up late building communities for my obscure personal interests on Ning, and aimlessly chatting with my long-lost friends from elementary school on Facebook, and even (cough, cough) playing on Polyvore. . Projects of all kinds start with a flurry of activity. how I miss thee.)

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

. —– I’ve talked about issues and ideas over the last year about the use of certain tools or platforms in the social technology for social impact sector, from Causes to Ideablob to Ning. Numbers do not equal Activity. Sheer numbers don’t mean activity. “Market&# does not equal “Community&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Where do branded social networks like Ning sites fall? The study provides a great baseline for nonprofits and social networking activity from here forward. The survey provides us with a baseline of social network use by nonprofits. Research Studies of Nonprofit and Social Media Adoption Overbook Foundation Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. There's a few recent posts on Mass Digging As Virtual Activism well worth a read. Social networking burnout?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

SocialGiving , a Ning app that allows for peer-to-peer fundraising initiatives for Ning Network Creators was launched this week by PincGiving. Ning has been a popular platform for nonprofits to create communities of interest around their causes. Follow his blog for expert Ning advice. Good Reads: Online. BackUpMyTweets.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

– If you use something like Ning does that platform share a part of the liability? Launching the adoption community, it had a very intersted and active membership that communicated through local support groups and a buddy scheme but not online with many members anti-internet and people in the organization who were skeptical.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Ning – Popular with nonprofits, reasonably priced, may require some customization. e-newsletter, Facebook group, most active Twitter persona, podcast weekly discussion channel, YouTube show (has to be one that engages and interviews people, not showcases the host)? Go get that person.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

According to Aashika, “It is these very same technologies that often enable transnational human trafficking; so I felt that I needed to get involved in this way to make our activism smarter, and innovate on both the “process&# and “product/software&# frontlines.”. Tips for Collaboration Online.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

ThePort, Ning) Multimedia content sharing is a powerful tool for storytelling, providing content that is easy to share and embed. You can't be knee-deep in social media activism without it. It tends to be ideal when catering to the emotional side of issues and is well-utilized for user generated content. People are talking about you.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

needs to have a large following and active presence on online social networks. From asmallworld.org to facebook to any tiny niche ning community. These days it takes a huge amount of staff resources and time to raise money online using social media. You also need to invest time promoting the campaign. I have two observations to share.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID contractors collect enormous amounts of valuable data as part of research, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. Suicide Prevention Data Set for Active and Reserve Soldiers. Technical consideration: The site should be built on a non-proprietary platform rather than Ning to address privacy concerns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

Speakers ranged from Mayor Michael Bloomberg (via Skype), to online ethnographer danah boyd , consultants from the Obama and McCain ’08 campaigns (and the Obama Whitehouse), academics and thoughtleaders such as Mark Pesce and Clay Shirky , and techno-celebrities such as Craig Newmark ( Craigslist ) and Gina Bianchini ( Ning ).

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