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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. Way back in 2009, when I first Peter and Madeline, we brainstormed some questions about the strategic use of social media to build a network. A network is more adaptive than an organization.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. Around Gender. Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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User-Generated Content: Ask Your Questions on Nonprofits Live!

Tech Soup

We will explore the best tools for creating and sharing media, how to structure games and challenges using UGC, and how to prepare for your next endeavor. She is also a blogger, facilitator, and trainer, having worked with groups and spoken at events in the US, UK, and around the world.

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I got a chance to test this out in a more orchestrated way (as opposed to the usual consultant/client interactions) when I facilitated/taught an OpenOffice.org “untraining&# earlier this month at Google HQ in NYC (some more details are on the Google Blog.) I learned a lot.

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Research Friday: The Importance of Strong and Weak Ties In Leadership Development

ASU Lodestar Center

The ideal social network structure, as well as organizational structure, would contain a mixture of both types of ties between individuals in the network. First of all, a structure must be put into place for mentorship. As for support, both strong and weak ties create a strong network of relational support for an organization.

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My Three Words for 2011: Seek, Sense, and Share

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2009, my three words were: Streamline, Weave, and Einstein. A lot the products of my sense-making are shared through this blog, flickr, YouTube, and Slideshare – as well as offline through presentations, book and article writing, and facilitating workshops. Then, try to think in even broader terms.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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