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The Cost of Free Technology for Nonprofits: Thoughts On Ning

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Photo by Eurleif. 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 suggests that Ning rethink this decision and offer a special nonprofit donation program.

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and is becoming increasingly integrated into the Social Web with every passing second. Many people today are overwhelmed by text, and photos and slide shows can often do better at communicating your message than text-heavy articles or blog posts. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Solarnu. 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. We know what our supporters like, need and want.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. 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?

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Another interesting post about going from blogging for professional development to Social Networking as professional development. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. It may be the basics not social networking tools.) Philthanthropy.

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Collaboration for Funders: Use the Right Tools

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Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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.