Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2008

Changeblogger Ning social network to connect with other changebloggers. Alex Steed will be there as a stop on his Millennials Changing America: The Next Generation of Organizing tour (which you can donate to, like Beth Kanter did). Changeblogger Facebook to connect with other changebloggers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

If your budget is limited, you can distribute the responsibility for using various tools among different staff members, but implementing an effective social media strategy that is dispersed among multiple staff members will require strict organization and disciplined leadership. The era of “winging” it in social media is over.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

His online communities are the most tech-savvy of the independent diabetes communities : Hernandez built it on social networking platform Ning, the company at which he worked before starting these online communities and his nonprofit. As of today TuDiabetes has almost 10,800 members and EsTuDiabetes has almost 5,400.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 22, 2009

Social Actions , the platform that makes it easy for individuals and organizations to share actions across the web, has just launched it’s Ning-powered social network: My.SocialActions. It’s built on Ning, so it has some features you’re probably familiar with, too.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

What : An important part of your social media strategy should be listening for people and organizations who are talking about the issues you want to discuss.How do you know which networks will be most effective to reach your goals? Ning/Yahoo/Google. Listen first and discover where the conversations are! Where are the conversations?

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

To help with your donor data management planning, we have created a Donor Data Management Dictionary to help you make sense of all the data jargon as it applies to the nonprofit organization’s business needs. Cleaning / cleansing – [KLEE-ning] / [KLEN-zing], noun. Is more data jargon giving you a headache?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details. Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

It’s because this is another example of how our tools are defining community. ( Last month’s post focused on that topic using Causes, Ideablob and Ning as references for the conversation.) I can’t imagine organizations or donors feeling comfortable with that deal. Taking a 30% cut of donations seems incredible.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

For the first time this year, quite a few newbies were added to the list of Social Network platforms: FourSquare, Jumo, Vimeo, Yelp, Picassa, Ning, Delicious, CrowdRise, FirstGiving, Razoo and Causes. FourSquare had the most substantive presence among the newcomers with 4% of nonprofits utilizing the platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 1, 2009

Do you have a group or use a fan page to create a community space for your organization on Facebook? Here are a few things to consider: are you listing organization or sector-related events within the group or fan page? the names of your organization and programs/projects. Delicious / Bookmarks. Happy searching!

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It offers sufficient themes and configuration options to meet most organizations needs. Ning is a hosted workspace product which boasts the largest numbers of users and networks of all of the private social networks. Groupsite is a hosted workspace product that is easy to implement and is intuitive to use.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It offers sufficient themes and configuration options to meet most organizations needs. Ning is a hosted workspace product which boasts the largest numbers of users and networks of all of the private social networks. Groupsite is a hosted workspace product that is easy to implement and is intuitive to use.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

The approach is focused on organic collaboration and growth for the entire community. The approach is focused on executing a preconceived environment, regardless of how natural or organic it may be for the larger area. What issues is your organization facing or examples can you share? What do you think?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2008

I even occasionally still hear tell of organizations who want custom CRMs. There are new types of software being developed all the time (like, for instance, the new crop of “ Social Network Management Systems &# both open source and SaaS, like Ning.). I’m in the process of working with two organizations to create just that.

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Care2

JANUARY 3, 2011

There is a lot of buzz about "free agent fundraisers" an individual using personal fundraising to raise money for a nonprofit organization. The free agent community exists on a social network and decides, as a group, to raise funds for an unafilliated nonprofit organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2010

I have another foot in the not-so-networked world with my major organization. They do network with other organizations, but they are not so ready for the digital foray. Manny is the author of Ning for Dummies, but he is also the founder of tudiabetes and estudiabetes , 2 social networks with more than 22,000 members.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2010

Let's create a Ning site! If your organization isn't measuring the results of its social media initiatives, you may be wasting time and effort. Remember those halcyon days of yore when the phrase "social networking" was suffused with golden light? New fundraising campaing? Try Causes! Need to build community?

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See3

JULY 13, 2009

The organizer is TuDiabetes.com.com, the niche social networking site for people affected by diabetes. TuDiabetes.com is built on the white-label social networking platform Ning , and Manny wrote the book on it. He really wrote the book on Ning. That’s not just an expression.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Last summer, during the height of the hurricane season, Andy Carvin, interrupted his self-imposed summer blogging siesta, to help organize online efforts and coordinate volunteers in advance of Hurricane Gustav. He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Whether your nonprofit organization provides services or advocates for a cause, your stakeholders have common interests. It may still require somebody’s time to encourage participation and perhaps do a little re-formatting and re-organizing. tagging capabilities to keep things organized. Consider Ning, Basecamp, and Zoho.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

and how organizations can effectively use them to build community as well as as how to measure the real ROI???s. | View | Upload your own. Later today, I am speaking on a panel at the WomenWhoTech Conference. Hot Or Not? 5:15 PM EST Twitter! Panelists share their opinions on the latest trends in Web 2.0 Panelists: Heather Holdridge, Care2.com,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

No matter how important you think your work is (and I am sure you are doing amazing things for others in the world), your organization needs to be notable, according to Wikipedia’s guidelines , before it can be Wikipedia-worthy. Make the page about your organization, not your programs. Not notable enough. Does it suck?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2008

She also just set up a social networking site on Ning where museum professionals are discussing the future of museums in a Web 2.0 You've got to have a champion in the organization who can help you get on with it. The site is called Museum 3.0. Facebook is interesting to have discussion with peers, but difficult.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

These funds will be donated to the Diabetes Hands Foundation and they will use the donation to help the Life for a Child program, run by the International Diabetes Federation, and Insulin For Life , two global, humanitarian organizations that provide diabetes medication and supplies to children in the world’s poorest countries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

What are people already saying about my cause, or organization? Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one). Facebook , Ning ) Social bookmarking (i.e.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

There are plenty of options ( Google Sites , Ning , and GroupSite , to name a few) that allow you to host discussions and share documents with groups of people relatively easily. Pro: you can be thorough and thoughtful, and can select a system that plays well with your organization's other IT systems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

The post and ideas resonated with Holly Hight, a field organizer for Bread for the World. We got into a discussion in the comments and she agreed to share some of her experience addressing this issue within her nonprofit organization. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2009

He was telling me about the organization's various forays into social media. He told me that a few months ago, they'd set up a social networking hub on Ning for friends and constituents of the organization to connect with each other. I was recently talking about communications with someone from a small nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Kudos to Ron McKinley, Tim Brostrom, and Mai Neng Moua for doing such an excellent job of hosting and organizing this event. It was also wonderful to see some familiar faces like Thom Clark from Community Media Workshop - an organization that has done so much to inspire and help nonprofits leverage the power for social media.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 11, 2008

You can get involved with OTM's work by participating in an OTM workshop , becoming a member of their Ning social network , and taking the 2008 Seva Challenge. The Engage Network was created by Julia Butterfly Hill's organization, Circle of Life. Off the Mat, Into the World is one of The Engage Network's two pilot programs.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Is your organization using niche networks as part of its social media strategy? You can always start with a Google search but don’t forget to use group directories on WiserEarth , Ning , and Facebook. Be careful not to make it look like you are conducting one-way marketing for your organization. Don’t be put off.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Listening: Knowing what is being said online about your organization and the field you work in. You can also participate vicariously through bloggers by encouraging them to write about your organization. (10 Generate Buzz: Your raising your organizations profile and spreading awareness of your organization's programs or campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Ning is a platform that allows you to create your own social networking site. We've already spotted a number of ning generated nonprofit related social network sites ( Cool n Conscientious , Stop Cyberbullying , Library 2.0 " Important Projects - the organization just turned three , but I've only just discovered the blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

.  It argues that blurring departmental boundaries, increasing horizontal exchange among departments, shrinking budgets, and a growing trend in which control over storing information is relinquished to third parties are all fueling the adoption of social media within government organizations.(And And perhaps nonprofits?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Three years ago, in the wake of the devastating storm, social media and others started organizing online. This time, online organizing efforts using social media are happening before the storm hits. Gustav08 on Ning. shelter, looking for someone or are an evacuee. The widget's resources. Gustav Wiki. Gustav podcasts from NOAA.

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Forum One

JANUARY 8, 2009

social network on Ning) and promptly received a welcome message encouraging me to get involved. 8 - Check out our Resources - We have created a Resource tab with repositories of info on gov't organizations, news sources, awards, conferences, opportunities, recruitment programs, training resources, etc. Create a new thread.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I created a Changeblogger Facebook group (thanks to a suggestion by Tim Zimmermann of Change/Wire ), and recently established the Changeblogger Network on Ning. The Seasons Fund for Transformation , who I posted an interview with on Friday , supports social change organizations that are incorporating inner work into their outer work.

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