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The Zoetica Salon: A Peer Learning Community for Nonprofits and Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

December’s theme is “31 Days to Better Measurement.&# At the end of the month, we’ll share a summary of what we’ve learned as e-book with some blog posts along the way. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter.

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All You Need To Know About Virtual Conferences

AccelEvents

All that is required is an internet connection and a connected device. . An association usually hosts the event and will market it on their website, through academic and social forums, through listservs, word-of-mouth, and more. A virtual conference can be attended from anywhere. Virtual conferences are cost-effective.

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Tech Planning Tips for Every Nonprofit or Library

Tech Soup

Julie described the library's community as "economically depressed" and a place where the digital divide is real: most people only access the Internet from their phones. We also highly recommend checking out TechSoup's comprehensive list of how-tos and articles , which cover everything from networking to Internet safety.

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Whats Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile: I'm A Creator

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Social Technographics concept is discussed in depth in Charlene Li and Josh Bernhoff's new book " Groundswell " that I have been reading over the past two weeks since it arrived from Amazon. The Pew Internet and American Life project released a meaty report last year about Internet use profiles and types.

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How I Used LinkedIn For the Final Leg of My Social Search Action Research Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To challenge my set ways of doing internet research Web 1.0 I knew this already , but it has been so long since I taught Internet Searching skills that I've forgotten it. Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. This was a topic for an entire book called " Crazy Busy." Events and Conferences: Live Blog Notes, Upcoming, and How-Tos.

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My NTC Session Planning Wikis.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While one might be tempted to discount the value of face-to-face gatherings when we have the Internet, some of my most valuable connections and learning experiences have taken place "in real life" at the NTC. There is just no replacement for face-to-face connections.

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