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Ocean Conservancy: The Art of Social Media Experimentation, Learning, and Reflection

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In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , we devote an entire chapter to something we called "Learning Loops" which is a combination of tracking and monitoring in real time as a project unfolds, but also incorporates a process of reflection at the end of the project to the next experiment. . Tags: reflection scholar.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Nonprofit Branding

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Your actions should reflect your nonprofit’s brand. We recommend reflecting on your brand both internally and externally, surveying all of the above stakeholders against the following questions: How is your organization currently perceived? Social Networks: Which social networks do your organization have profiles on?

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Guest Post by James Wu: It's Not About Cause Fatigue, It's About Movement Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. I absolutely agree on the need to work in networks of organizations.

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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

We’ve listened to our supporters online and attempted authentic engagement with various social media platforms. Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. These two differing cultures recently came to head over social networking.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. We are working very closely with V.S. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms. Anupam Shukla and Ms.

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Social Media: Distributed Influence Quantifying the Impact of Social Media - A New White Paper from Edelman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Twitter, Kami Huyse pointed over to her reflections on this paper which lead me again to the paper itself. A new whitepaper by Jonny Bentwood, a PR consultant for Edelman, Distributed Influence: Quantifying the Impact of Social Media.

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NpTech Tag Cross Blog Discussion: What do those guidelines look like?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alf Gracombe (a relatively new in the nptech blogosphere and whose blog looks promising) suggests that the debate reflects the shifting paradigm away from the more traditional content taxonomies to the emerging folksonomies on today???s social network and community sites. I wonder what we can learn from them?