Adopt, Network and Ning - Nonprofit Technology

Ning: Phoenix or Fizzle?

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this year, Ning announced that it would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service which came as a shock to much of the community, including author of the Ning for Dummies book Manny Hernandez and spurring many forums and blogs to create lists of Ning alternatives that were still free.

Ning

Ning Phoenix Case Study Platform

From Ning to Causes to Ideablob: Why We Need a New Way of Building

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Now, with the recent news from Ning that it plans to discontinue free service, I am revisiting those thoughts about “what’s really needed?&# Building networks, communities, connections, campaigns, and our work. allows developers to find work they know will be adopted and start working on tools with an active base of users.

Ning

Ning Causes Build Evaluation

The Cost of Free Technology for Nonprofits: Thoughts On Ning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

I was Jill of all trades, assisting with a wide range of technology needs, from training to installing local area networks. (Yes, Last week, Ning, announced a complete end to free services for its users. He is concerned about the small nonprofits and grassroots groups that will not be able to stick with Ning because of cost.

Ning

Ning Free Technology Adopt

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Flickr is the largest photo-sharing social networking community on the Web and should be your starting point for your online photo-sharing campaigns. WiserEarth is for environmentalists.

Social Media

Social Media Media Ning Social

WeAreMedia: Social Networks - Build the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Source: Nielsen Online The We Are Media Festival of Tools is starts the last week of work on the Nonprofit Social Media Toolbox with a focus on social networking tools and widgets and apps. So for today, our focus is on social networking sites. And perhaps nonprofits?) Office Life : How To Befriend The Boss On Facebook.

Social Network

Social Network Social Media Gartner Network

Study Provides A Baseline for Nonprofit Use of Social Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

During the NTC, ThePort Network, Inc , NTEN , and Common Knowledge released results of a survey that examines the use of social networking as a marketing and fundraising tool. The survey polled 978 nonprofit professionals about their organizations’ use of commercial social networking sites (e.g. On Facebook, about 39.9%

Social Network

Social Network Studies Network Social

What OpenSocial Means

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.

Ning

Ning API Open Source Social Network

NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. Social Network Fragmentation. Social network fragmentation? Social networking burnout?

Social Network

Social Network Nptech Tag Summary

Guest Post by Holly Hight: When Controlling the Message Stifles Community (and Staff Morale)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. Naturally, my colleagues and I have taken the lead in establishing our organizational presence on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Ning and posting to our blog. These two differing cultures recently came to head over social networking.

Ning

Ning Community Social Media Culture

NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. General conclusion: culture shift before tech adoption, keep it simple, small steps, and focused on real needs. (It It may be the basics not social networking tools.) Philthanthropy. Do you find Web2.0

Nptech

Nptech Tag Ning Machinima

Collaboration for Funders: Use the Right Tools

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. Forum One's own Online Community Research Network regularly publishes results of surveys from online community managers about community platforms.

Collaboration

Collaboration Tools Ning Sharepoint

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Social Media and social networks allow for the quantum effects, paired elements at a distance. And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections. The more Weak ties/ the stronger the network.

Marketing

Marketing Blackboard Social Social Media

NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. And here's another "vertical" video host -- Capitol Hill Broadcasting Network.

Wiki

Wiki Vlog Machinima Bookmarking

Explaining Open Social to Your Executive Director

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

" Allan Benamer answers : Not much because the average nonprofit does not have the infrastructure and skill sets that would allow for rapid adoption for new technology. And, maybe this is only of concern to relatively small number of early adopters in the nonprofit sector. Michelle Murrain concurs " Most nonprofits haven???t

Director

Director Open Social Social Network

Social Media Club Workshop in Hawaii - Live Blogging Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Look within your company for people already using social media If you've got writers, blog If you've got storytellers, podcast If you've got filmmakers, do some video The key to success is finding out what networks to spend your time on Step-by-Step Product name, ceo, competitors in Google Alerts Who are my customers?

Hawaii

Hawaii Social Media Media Social

New on SSIR: How Our Tools Define “Community”

Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

. —– I’ve talked about issues and ideas over the last year about the use of certain tools or platforms in the social technology for social impact sector, from Causes to Ideablob to Ning. Many tools—whether it’s a page, a group, or a network—focus on numbers. Numbers do not equal Activity.

Ning

Ning Tools Community Offline

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Network for Good now offers mobile-optimized donate pages and donation “Share” functionality. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web.

Social Media

Social Media Social Chapter Media

How To Get Started Thinking About Online Peer Learning Communities for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

” The idea was to get folks who do social media for nonprofits sharing best practices about social media adoption and culture change by balancing brief c ontent delivery with lots of interaction. Ning – Popular with nonprofits, reasonably priced, may require some customization. Additional Resources.

Professional

Professional Community Learning Online

22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. That said, a couple of minor tweaks are necessary.

Social Media

Social Media Social Chapter Media

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Chapter 1 :: Network for Good. Network for Good now offers mobile-optimized donate pages and donation “Share” functionality. Thus, please be careful when using any tool that automates posts from one social network to another. As I said in the book and many times since, there are no cutting corners on the Social Web.

Social Media

Social Media Social Chapter Media

Harnessing and Nurturing Communities at MPS09

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

most proud of job at an adoption charity. for a while, people meant ‘facebook’ although that’s a social network of people you already know. What Twitter isn’t… Twitter isn’t a message board, or a social network of people you already know… So, is it a community? shared interest.

Community

Community Ning Offline Spam

Looking at Wave

Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Kind of like if Ning , Google Talk , Gmail , Twitter and Facebook got smooshed together into a single open source environment. The idea is that you don’t have to go to 6 different windows to do 8 different things, you can have it all in one place, with one network per subject/focus area, and it all works together.

gMail

gMail Adopt Ning Google

Nonprofit Technology

Ning: Phoenix or Fizzle?

From Ning to Causes to Ideablob: Why We Need a New Way of Building

Trending Sources

The Cost of Free Technology for Nonprofits: Thoughts On Ning

How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

WeAreMedia: Social Networks - Build the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box

Study Provides A Baseline for Nonprofit Use of Social Networks

What OpenSocial Means

NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Guest Post by Holly Hight: When Controlling the Message Stifles Community (and Staff Morale)

NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Collaboration for Funders: Use the Right Tools

How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

NPTechTag Roundup: Election Debriefs and Wikis in Your Kitchen!

Explaining Open Social to Your Executive Director

Social Media Club Workshop in Hawaii - Live Blogging Notes

New on SSIR: How Our Tools Define “Community”

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

How To Get Started Thinking About Online Peer Learning Communities for Nonprofit Professionals

22 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

33 Must-Read Updates to Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits

Harnessing and Nurturing Communities at MPS09

Looking at Wave

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