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My NTC Session Planning Wikis.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, in the spirit of thinking outloud, I'm sharing these works in progress here and welcome any comments or reactions. #1. I've created a wikitation site (presentation as wiki) to house the presentation materials and for some basic primers/factsheets I hope to write. The planning wiki (very much a work in progress right now) is here.

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More online than local: Why I love Google Docs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been using online wikis - documents and more recently, spreadsheet wikis for the past year. Wikis are just great for that! Some folks just aren't comfortable with using wikis yet. One colleague told me that they were allergic to wikis! I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.

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Getting More out of Online & Offline Events

Forum One

Set up an event wiki. Wikis can take the shape of the event and its participants and range from more to less formal. If the event is offline, conduct follow-up online discussion using a simple listserve or a group collaboration tool to keep the lively discussions going. We've got a number of presentations from various events.

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Nonprofit Blogging and Social Networking Policies: Examples?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Carmen left me a follow up comment. It wasn't in my wiki and so I just added. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. If you have an example or any insights, please leave a comment. Be Responsible.

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Using Social Search Techniques for a Research Project. some reflections and a shout for help

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The final list will be available over at the client's workspace on Omidyar, a wiki-like space. I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. I was multi-tasking scraping the archives of some nonprofit listservs to see what else might turn up. Technology.

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NTEN Communities of Practice FAQ

NTEN

If the list doesn't answer your question or if you have further questions please post them in the comments and we'll make sure to answer. The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform. How will the CoP members interact?

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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

Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. " came from a comment left by Gavin and summarized in this post. I would fill in the missing pieces and refine with chacha, serach engines, private email, or listserv queries.