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1628 Articles match "Community","Organization"
The Latest from the Nonprofit Technology Community
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Here at TechSoup, we are often on the lookout for simple but effective technology that organizations can use to bring greater access to their constituents. Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Hardwar NComputing is one of those companies that is heavily invested in that mission, and their technology has the potential to make an impact in bridging the digital divide in both developed and developing parts of the world.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. But even greater potential for nonprofits to manage their operations more effectively, deliver a broader array of services and achieve greater impact for the communities they serve .
But Jane Meseck, Microsoft Corporation
The This convergence is being driven by widespread penetration of mobile devices (up to 4 billion people now have
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
It was simply the only way we could operate and build the organization.
I When he died in 1999, I connected with a community of colorectal cancer patients, caregivers, and family members online. Nancy Roach, a cancer survivor and vocal advocate living in Oregon pulled a group of us together to build a national organization focused solely on change and the needs of the colorectal cancer patient.
Shortly Judi Sohn, C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition
When When C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition started in 2005, cloud computing wasn't the buzz word it is today.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
My current job title includes the term “Community Builder” and I get asked nearly every day just what that means: how do you build community? where is the community you want to build? how can I be a community builder online? I want My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. You can read the full post and join the conversation on SSIR here.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The word most in question: “organization”
When applying the idea of the traditional understandings of the word “organization” to this bunch, we could say:
Strawberries = the organization (staff)
Blueberries = the members/supporters/community
I’ve been thinking about words lately and finding that there are far too many that we use that either are too vague they don’t really mean anything or are so frequently used that they no longer mean anything. That doesn’t help us communicate very well!
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
you're implementing social media smartly at your organization, you already know it raises more issues for nonprofits than it solves. If social media is about individuals conversing authentically with a community, who's in charge of the conversation?
You'll I'm fascinated by the ways social media is changing how organizations structure themselves -- and in particular, how social media is redefining job titles in our sector. Flickr Photo: varnent Your job isn't going to exist in a few years, and it ain't the economy's fault. Blame it on social media.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Yesterday, I checked out the session “Community organizing and online organizing: can they go together?” The session covered interesting points on the debate between community and online organizers and ways to overcome the resistance within an organization. He asked the question – is organizing the same whether it is done online or offline? Thanks to NTEN for sharing live webinars of the NTC sessions for those of us that couldn’t make the actual conference. rdquo; led by Charles Lenchner who currently works for the Working Families
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Monday, September 14, 2009
David Wilcox and I are getting ready for iterations on Social by Social - the first two being applications of the lessons learned and strategies for using social media shared in Social by Social ( read online or download the PDF for free, or buy your hardcopy ) in local communities and the same for local government. We have a couple events coming up at the end of the week where we’ll get to work with local government representatives, organizations and community members to discuss how to use social media to create community online as well as enable democratic participation.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Jay Moonah's presentation on Social Media Best Practices for Non-Profit & Public Sector Organizations was streamed live online as part of The Canadian Institute’s recent “Managing Social Media” conference recently - but if you missed it, no worries! Best practices online community Social networking case studies Non-profit Communications training webinar social medi We’ve got the highlights right here. ...( read more )
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
A successful online community can pay off in increased word of mouth (35%), more brand awareness (28%), bringing new ideas into the organization faster (24%) and greater customer loyalty (24%), according to the 2008 Tribalization of Business study by Beeline Labs, Deloitte, and the Society for New Communications Research, which surveyed more than 100 business with online communities. That the greatest value of an online community lies in “communications-based objectives” — in forging bonds between...( read more )
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Have you been wondering if your organization needs a blog? In this guest post, Michael Faye of AssociaDirect talks about how blogging can help you to connect more effectively with your community of members, and outlines 5 basic considerations in planning a non-profit blog. Is Blogging Right for Your Organization? Practically every customer and potential customer I speak with inevitably brings up social media. “Should Should we be twittering?” “Should
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
In December, we held one of the first conferences devoted to the intersection of online and community organizing, with a special emphasis on the labor movement, local electoral campaigns and small organizations. What made Organizing 2.0 they also heard from multiple speakers about the challenges that online work faces within our organizations It was gratifying to be able to discuss issues that weren't getting enough attention at other conferences we attend.
unique was the emphasis on organizational change, in contrast to tech tips and tricks that other conferences
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
For the TwiTip post, I rewrote it by adding steps for building community in general. Twitter can be a great space for building community around your membership-based organization, whether you work for a professional society, trade association or a cause-related nonprofit. Set up a main "umbrella" account for the organization - e.g. @ORGtweets (Image by Maggi_94) Here's a repost of my TwiTip Guest post from 4/11/09 . You've already read this, but I'm including it here for archival purposes.
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