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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. .” At SXSW, there…. Crowdfunding Social Ventures at SXSW. Case, and her….

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New Nonprofit Tech Community Groups!

NTEN

Think about them as free professional development opportunities — spaces to have smart, organic, and timely conversations and presentations with your nptech peers. Groups are developed and supported by volunteer community organizers. Have an idea for a group? So join one or a few and connect, learn, and change! Let me know!

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Why we’re not friends anymore: the nptech echo chamber

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I did a kind of radical experiment a couple of weeks ago: I de-friended almost all of my nptech and client Facebook friends (cutting my friend count by more than 60%). Now of course it used to be that all of my Facebook “friends&# were other nptech early adopters. facebook nptech. so I still feel connected.

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Why we’re not friends anymore: the nptech echo chamber

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I did a kind of radical experiment a couple of weeks ago: I de-friended almost all of my nptech and client Facebook friends (cutting my friend count by more than 60%). Now of course it used to be that all of my Facebook “friends&# were other nptech early adopters. facebook nptech. so I still feel connected.

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Pownce on Pownce Invitations in Facebook NpTech Group

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I thought, this might be great geek bait for the NpTech Facebook group experiment. I ran a giveaway of my Pownce invitations to lure -- I mean to encourage -- people to join the group or post on the discussion board. I did light promotion by posting a note on my Facebook profile and in the NpTech Group discussion area.

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Facebook Profiles and Pages and Groups, oh my!

Wild Apricot

If questions from our readers are any indication, there’s still a lot of confusion about the differences between Facebook’s Profiles, Fan Pages, and Groups — and which of these might best suit a nonprofit’s social-networking plan. Let’s take a closer look. And the two main tools.( read more ).

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Join a Nonprofit Tech User Group This August

Tech Soup

Find your local #nptech tribe and consider sharing your skills as a volunteer surgeon by joining a NetSquared Local group. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Guayaquil, Ecuador: The Guayaquil NetSquared Meetup Group Monthly Meetup. Minneapolis, MN: August #NPTech Social Club. Tuesday, August 13.

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