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Problems Campaigns Face: Riffing from PDF
Organizers dreamed for years to be able to reach millions of people (YouTube) and they pined for the day thousands of allies could collaborate in synchronizing efforts (Iranelection ish) to agitate for change of culture, industry or policy. Now we sit in among vast networks of supporters, allies, friendsters and professionals (1000+ at PDF) as committed to our issues as we are, but working together alludes us.... Yet, there is little investment in the systems that would build performance of far flung collaborative team ( fostering trust in the base).
Network-Centric Advocacy
- Friday, July 3, 2009
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2.0 at Work: Why You Should Use Flickr
I love Flickr Originally uploaded by jodi_tripp . Okay, pop quiz. You're developing a heavily themed exhibition. The scenic contractors need to know what a "degraded plaster" wall finish means to you. Your boss is in California picking out antique fountains. The framers need a reference for the curved arch. Five stakeholders in different cities want to see the work that's been done so far. Where do you go?
Museum 2.0
- Wednesday, February 7, 2007
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Six Ways to Make Web 2.0 Work
McKinsey Quarterly, a publication of the consultancy, just released their findings on Web 2.0 adoption and usage in the corporate sector, and some tips on what they believe would make an organization better harness these technologies. While many of us in the nonprofit sector are arguably ahead of the corporate sector in terms of collaboration and participant-based interaction, the following conclusions that the authors draw may also be interesting for nonprofits as well:
The transformation to a bottom-up culture needs help from the top.
Tech Soup Blog
- Friday, February 20, 2009
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Ten Tips to TeleGreen Your Work
As part of Earth Week 2009, TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative is holding a month-long TeleGreen Your Work campaign. Each week we will highlight affordable solutions to help you reduce your travel and ultimately save money. This week, we've got ten tips to help your nonprofit find ways to use technology innovations to work more effectively while cutting back your impact on the environment through travel and commuting.
Tech Soup Blog
- Monday, April 20, 2009
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Can Nonprofit Organizations Work More Like Clouds? How?
I'm giving my copy away, but that isn't the point of this post.
I am still thinking the Cloud, Storm, and Tower keynote that Mark Pesce delivered at ConnectingUp Austraila where he suggested that nonprofits need to "look more like a cloud." The visual above sort of illustrates Tower organizations versus Cloud organizations.
Let's go back and dissect one of Mark's points:
Change your organization's culture, work style, and tools to "look more like a cloud.
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Tweeting 9 to 5: The Social Media Work Routine
Her advice about work routine is particularly valuable. 1. Tell me about you I am Chrystie Corns, Social Marketing Manager for WHERE.com. I consider myself an enthusiastic geek girl with a passion for everything Web 2.0...? How do stay efficient? What's your secret? You did see that I billed myself as the 'slightly insane internet marketer' right? Mmm..that's a great question how do I stay sane. I'm not sure I do. I think about social marketing a lot, it keeps me up at night.
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What are your tips for using your social networking profile for professional work?
For him, the discomfort of
the collision of his professional and private lives outweighs the benefits of using Facebook (and Twitter) for professional reasons.
While the future of social networks may allow us to get more granular with our social networks (friends) and privacy settings so we can automate being strategic in with our postings and more selective in our friending, if you need to establish a profile as part of your work -- you have to figure out the best way to balance your personal versus private persona.
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Is Email A Chore? Is it still relevant to your work? Yes to Both, but ..
My Flickr Stream
1=I love email so much I live in my inbox 2=The thrill is gone from email, but still use it because many others I work with still use it... .) The idea is that if you're overwhelmed, there's a problem in the way you work with the tool.
I recently stumbled across this YouTube video of Robert Scoble discussing how he processes his 10s of 1000s of emails.
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What's the opportunity cost when a nonprofit blocks employees from using social network sites during work hours?
Wendy Harman, American Red Cross According to Wendy Harman, employees at the Red Cross were blocked from accessing social networking sites, like Facebook, from work. Recently, a change in policy has allowed access. So, was there lots of lost productivity equaling millions of dollars? No.
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Information Coping Skills: Turn Off the Damn Email Software and Get Some Work Done (Or go for a walk)!
link turns the screen gray, and a message
reads: ???Take a walk, get some real work done, or have a snack. We???ll be
back in 15 minutes!???
What are you are best tips for dealing with information overload? What are you best tips for processing email fast and efficiently? Any of the ideas presented above work or not?
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Twitter Makes Relationships Work — Right Now
Enjoy! Twitter Makes Relationships Work — Right Now Social networking connects us like never before. We find each other, exchange information, and develop expanding networks as easily as we send email. This helps individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and governmental agencies form new kinds of relationships. That’s great, but now what? How do we put these relationships to work? Sometimes participation in social networks can feel passive, because everyone is focused content.
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