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Open Social Networks

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph.

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The Science Behind Getting Ahead At Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

King also recommends you develop and benefit from three information networks : Informal Advice Network – the people you go to for advice regarding a challenge or problem you are experiencing at work. Informal Social Network – the people you turn to for encouragement, support, or help with professional or personal challenges.

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Great reads from around the web on June 29th

Amy Sample Ward

The details of the experiment were published in an article entitled “Experimental Evidence Of Massive-Scale Emotional Contagion Through Social Networks” published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. ” Which Social Networks Are Growing Fastest Worldwide?

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Using Facebook Challenges to Engage Supporters

Top Nonprofits

The truth is that social fundraising has come a long way from the standard “Donate” button featured on profiles and Facebook fundraisers. Facebook Challenges are time-bound virtual peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns that take place entirely through the social network. a mental task (meditating, reading, journaling, etc.),

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. I recently published an article on formal and informal volunteering in Canada.

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Mindful or Mind Full Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My talk is a call to action to nonprofits to be more intentional and mindful in how they curate and consume content from social networks. I’ll be talking about the art and practice of good curation and also share some techniques for staying focused while doing working on social media for practitioners.

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AARP in the Digital Age

NTEN

This article originally appeared in the March issue of the NTEN: Change journal. Read the entire journal on Issuu or in PDF , and subscribe to receive this in your inbox each quarter: nten.org/ntenchange. And, now millions are also connecting with the organization on social networks as well.

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