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Case Study: Tools for Community Engagement

NTEN

By Amy Sample Ward, Membership Director, NTEN. Building community and maintaining engagement is often a full time job – even if it goes unpaid! When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. To make the Google Docs even easier to share, Stacey created custom URLs for the pages using Bit.ly.

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5 Questions: Social Media's Potential for Faith Based Communities

NTEN

Session: Social Media's Potential for Faith Based Communities. In the Jewish community, we’re starting to see “program director” positions start to take on “community facilitator” characteristics. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? Adjusting job descriptions. My husband calls me “Froggy”.

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Creating a Community Resource Guide for Visitacion Valley

Tech Soup

At TechSoup, we're all about community organizations coming together to improve the quality of life for citizens. A Nonprofit-Driven Community Project. I spoke with Curt Yagi, the executive director of ROCK, about how the guide came about and the collaborative work that went into it. I knew I had to write about it.

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

NTEN

By Debra Askanase, Community Organzier 2.0 This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. work must be spread among staff 2.)

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Nonprofit Leadership Transition: Best Practices

NonProfit Hub

Communicate Clearly and Collaboratively. When there is a transfer of nonprofit leaders , it is critical that the board of directors, team, and the person exiting the organization are all communicating the same message. Here is a short list to help guide your steps: Internal Communication. Community Partners/Stakeholders.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

Get Fully Funded

Use a real person’s name, typically your Executive Director or the person in charge of acknowledging gifts. For example, “Thank you for your generous gift of 10 cases of bottled water for our community event. Warmly, Jane Smith Executive Director Example #2 Subject: Here’s how we used your gift! Who is the email from?

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Internet Director. Encourage brainstorming. Web Producer.