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Open Badges – What you need to know

Gyrus

Open Badges – What you need to know. Regardless of how you slice it, a very important aspect of the gamified mix is badging. Though there are many beliefs as to the best way to establish a badging program, it is hard to argue the fundamental benefits of OpenBadges.org and the flexibility that an open standards system provides.

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Foursquare Launches New Vanity URLs for Profiles

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It looks as though Foursquare has dropped “user&# in its vanity URLs for profiles. If you link to your Foursquare profile on your website or blog, now would be a good time to double-check your link and make the necessary edits. Until this past election, I hadn’t earned a badge since June!

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Online communities 101: The benefits of leveraging an online community platform

Nimble AMS

Read our blog to learn more about online communities and discover how your association can use one to boost member connections and loyalty. Look for an online community that lets you recognize your most active members with profile badges and missions. An online community improves member loyalty and drives engagement.

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Get ready for NTEN’s Member Appreciation Month celebration of our members all throughout November!

NTEN

Winners will be announced on the blog and Twitter. Grab one of the NTEN Member badges (or mix and match) and wear it with pride on any of your favorite online profiles. Follow and join in the #ntenthanks hashtag for all the latest MAM action. Show your pride! We can''t wait to start spreading the #ntenthanks !

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Get ready for NTEN’s Member Appreciation Month!

NTEN

Winners will be announced on the blog and Twitter. Grab one of the NTEN Member badges (or mix and match) and wear it with pride on any of your favorite online profiles. Follow and join in the #ntenthanks hashtag for all the latest MAM action. Show your pride! We can''t wait to start spreading the #ntenthanks !

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11NTC Tip of the Day: Come Prepared to Network

NTEN

The fabulous Rob Cottingham, the NTC Official Cartoon Blogger, is helping us prep with some great cartoons -- you'll see them on our blog throughout the conference and at [link]. Every attendee name badge will have a QR code that links to your myNTC profile (the 11NTC online conference and community).

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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

I’ll be doing a couple more blog posts on FourSquare over the next month and the site will likely add a lot of new features in 2010 (I’m excited!), but right now let’s start with the basics for nonprofits: 1) Sign up for an individual profile on their website. Don’t create a profile for your organization.

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