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Sping Cleaning: Taking Inventory of your Social Media Tools

Amy Sample Ward

If you have been using Twitter for a bit of time now, you’ve probably come to the same realization that many others haveā€”that it sure would be nice to be able to see your follows and those that follow you in any way that lets you really understand and visualize the network. What about legislative or policy concerns?

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » New York Times Deathwatch

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Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, Ning and an internet thinker (and billionaire), wrote a post today on his blog called Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch. He shows vividly how the New York Times business has eroded, how their ad revenues are way down, circulation is down, etc. Sulzberger, Jr.

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When should a nonprofit organizational blog moderate comments? What are the different approaches?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This requires carefully thinking about comment moderation techniques and part of this includes articulating a clear policy about use of moderation. This morning I left a comment on the Harvard Business School's Conversation Starter blog and noticed this response message about their comment moderation policy right after I commented.

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Study Provides A Baseline for Nonprofit Use of Social Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where do branded social networks like Ning sites fall? Policy: The communications and marketing departments are most likely to own the social network project, with fundraising and executive management the next most common boosters of the nonprofitā€™s social network projects. That takes time and skills.

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Harnessing and Nurturing Communities at MPS09

Amy Sample Ward

Vibrant, ugly: it’s okay if it’s not perfect to look at; between timely and perfect, choose timely. The best approach is to plan for that and have a take-down policy; encourage members to report malicious content and give them way to do so easily. An example: Criagslist.org. Where will you host your community?

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

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It's time to go beyond listening and responding and get into several key areas: monitoring , running bold campaigns , adding video , and fundraising in online social networks. BAM, time to tell the story. ThePort, Ning) Multimedia content sharing is a powerful tool for storytelling, providing content that is easy to share and embed.

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Can Nonprofit Organizations Work More Like Clouds? How?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Change your organization's culture, work style, and tools to "look more like a cloud. He said: If you can permute your organization so that it looks more like the cloud, youā€™ll have an easier time working with the cloud. Tags: network effectiveness policy. Yet, because of the exponential growth in connectivity and Web2.0

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