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What is working wikily? How can funders catalyze and support networks? Join the conversation #netfunders on April 5-6th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Community of Practice includes diverse perspectives: community foundations and private philanthropies working across a range of issues. How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? What advice would you give to funders interested in supporting networks?

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Second Life: Issue Awareness Raising Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. "Don't forget the real world" contains such a superior, pejorative tone.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup Microsoft NGO Connection Day. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 David was interested in learning more about what American nonprofits were doing with social media, he asked me for some advice. Connecting With Colleagues.

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Doctors without Borders Podcast Creates Connection

Have Fun - Do Good

My advice to the podcast's producers is to put in some success stories too, or listeners will suffer compassion fatigue after a while and stop listening). Foundations need to see nonprofits and NGO's having a podcast or blog, in addition to traditional communication tools, as part of the nonprofit or NGO's mission.

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Customer Data Platform Is Redefining What It Means To Be a Donor-Centric NGO

Saleforce Nonprofit

It helps organizations like Save the Children understand who their supporters are, what issues they’re interested in, and what kinds of content they prefer to engage with. Supporters get to feel like insiders—trusted sources of information and advice—and that trust can establish their lifelong support.

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Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. I posted an announcement of the campaign on my blog and on Netsquared Posted a guest blog post at Katya's blog soliciting campaign advice in exchange to share my learnings. I'm summarizing some observations, comments, and advice.

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Susie's Blog -- A Nonprofit Techie Who Loves Chocolate and Open Source Software

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Susie Halksworth photo in flickr Susie Halksworth is the Resources Director at AFL (formerly the Cambridge Independent Advice Centre ), a not-for-profit organisation based in Cambridge, focused on advice and ICT projects. What are your most challenging moments as the technical person in your ngo? m not just accidental, I???m