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The Answer to Sean's Question: Tools for Effective Listening

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've never been referred to as an comic strip character. (It Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). Yahoo News Google News. Sean of the Tactical Philanthropy blog called me the batman of nonprofit technology. Additional Resources.

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Nonprofits Using Ning: An Interview with Community Media Workshop and Best Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Also, approximately 6% of visits to our main site is referred by visitors to our Ning.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2 You can create an RSS feed that would work 24/7 and bring any news to your desktop from Google News or Yahoo News. The power of Web2.0

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