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Open Social Networks

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I linked to a great thought piece a while back on opening up the social graph (that is, your network of friends.) Jon Stahl pointed me to a great article , also about opening up the social graph. Of course, OpenSocial has blown the doors off of all of this, and what’s come out of it is quite interesting.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. LinkedIn Pages.

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Article Published on TechSoup: Eight Secrets of Effective Online Social Networking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The other day I wrote a post called " Social Not Working and Other Social Networking Challenges " riffing on a post by Jeremiah Owyang who summarized the challenges - the flip side of social networking exuberance and really just a normal part of the technology hype curve. Social not -working???

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Is Quora Yet Another Social Network (YASN) or Something Different?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Prior to the holidays I ignored them because I just couldn’t stomach “yet another social network.” So, what made me go check it out? Ironically, it was my post “ Reflection on Networked Professional Learning &# where I linked to a post on Social Networks from Stephen Downes.

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Deanna Zandt: Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking

Have Fun - Do Good

How You Will Change the World with Social Networking Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and the author of Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking. She is a Research Fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University. Deanna Zandt, author, Share This!

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Become the trusted information source for your industry

Nimble AMS

Some key elements for a successful online member community: A modern online member community platform – Look for technology that supports a modern experience, with tools that help you share information, including: A quick announcement area – to highlight important information, such as newly-available industry reports. Get it now.

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HOW TO: Engage 5 Generations of Donors and Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Gen X and gen Y both came of age during the rise mass Internet communications and increasingly shun print communications and fundraising while adapting quickly to new trends in mobile and social giving. Generation Z is being born into digital technology and will be highly connected throughout their lifetime.