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September Wrap-Up Community Builder Chat: Online, Offline, and Migration

Amy Sample Ward

Tonight was the 2nd monthly Community Builder chat ; and I had a great time! Question 1 : asked about migrating a community from one tool to another, specifically from listservs to a website/forum. October Community Builder Chat. About the Community Builder Chat. Get the full transcript here!

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Help Us Help You: Austin-area service opportunities wanted for the 15NTC

NTEN

Giving back to the local community that physically hosts the NTEN Community through NTC Days of Service expresses a guiding value of the annual event. Throughout the 15NTC, there will be volunteer opportunities to engage and share the community''s skills with Austin, TX area nonprofits.

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Dear Moby, what are the different types of email marketing? 

Whole Whale

This email type is sent with the usual goals of acquiring, recruiting, informing, or welcoming new subscribers to your organization’s email listserv. Promotional emails can be sent to a wide variety of people, including current subscribers, donors, community partners, and other stakeholders.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks – This new report from the Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute explores engaged communities: "Ten years ago, a tiny web site asked people to volunteer to write their own encyclopedia. What does it mean for community change?"

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Thoughts on Chatter while the Kool-Aid flows at Dreamforce

Judi Sohn

If an org has 5,000 employees, Chatter is a fantastic way for folks from one side of the building to keep up with what's happening on the other side. We have a couple of email listservs on Google Groups of our top-tier advocates that we've been interested in migrating to an online community.

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Free Ranger Rick

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So a hat tip to Katrin Verclas and Progressive Exchange listserv. I know the move by most orgs recently has been to transition over to Facebook (something Oxfam has slowly been doing), but this is very annoying. Ranger Rick Image from Facebook profile. Your childhood hero, Ranger Rick, has been banished from Facebook.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Five Hot Conversations!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Allison Fine points out some outrageous behavior by the Gates Foundation and asks "What does it take for the foundation and nonprofit community to finally take a stand on appalling behavior like this?"

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