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Beth’s Surprise Party: A Case Study in Crowdsourced Action

Amy Sample Ward

First, we created an open Google Doc where we put in the introduction language, so anyone that clicked through from someone’s blog or Twitter post would have context about what was happening (and included a numbered list up to 53, so people could easily see where to add their name and blog address). See the Google Doc for links.).

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Case Study: Tools for Community Engagement

NTEN

When it came to blogger outreach, a Google Doc was the preferred and successful tool. Epic Change used four planning tools, but much of the work was really in just two: a private Facebook group and Google Docs. Some of what they used Google Docs for included: A new form for supporters to sign up for various Missions.

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Email in the Cloud: A Google Apps Case Study

Tech Soup

Google Docs and Google Sites are also used by some groups and not others, depending on the familiarity with these applications and individual preferences. For staff who like doing other work in the cloud, having access to Google Calendar, Docs and Sites is great as well. What issues has OCASI run into?

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Vote for these SXSW Nonprofit Panels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Panelists will deliver their case studies in verse and the authors will provide expert feedback. What’s Up Doc? You can vote for our session here. There are many, many interesting nonprofit and social change panels in the panel picker. New Tools for Digital Justice - [link] – coordinated by Mike Medow.

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How Can Volunteer Coordinators Help Their Organizations Become Networked Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In a networked nonprofit, VCs might mine their personal and professional networks for ideation, best practices, and case studies to learn how organizations are engaging volunteers effectively. As applications come in, the VC helps to narrow the pool, coordinate interviews, and run background checks. Opportunity Design.

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Integration of CRM and CMS

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

If you have an email list captured by one application, a donor list captured by another, a social network in another, and you give them all equal “weight,&# then you’re asking for trouble. I’m assembling a panel now and need some good case studies, so if you’ve got examples, please email me.