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A Decade of Nonprofit Reflections

ASU Lodestar Center

So, as I made my transition – keep in mind that I am still working a nonprofit, just a c4 instead of a c3 – the moment gave me reason to reflect upon the 10 years of experience I had at the Alliance and with colleagues across the country through the National Council of Nonprofits. Blog Tags: Patrick McWhortor. I agree with all of that.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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NetSquared White Paper: Building Community To Foster Social Innovation

Amy Sample Ward

Reflecting on the Community and the work being done in every corner of the world, we’ve tried to articulate some of the aspects that make the NetSquared Community so unique and also so powerful. Tags: community net tuesday reports case studies global netsquared nettuesday whitepaper. Net Squared White Paper Nov 2009.

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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 "It seems to me that the tag is not that useful ??? social network and community sites.

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Ant Trails, Autumn, and Placement of Fences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to capture some reflections around my burning question: How do you think about using social media effectively along the continuum of open/closed networks? If community guidelines are formally articulated, they need to be enforced. Tags: scholar. Flickr Photo by Marin Labar. User or community guidelines are important.

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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. Movement building is all about relationship building techniques as Beth mentioned in her reflection.

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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

While a large percentage of our organization can articulate the importance of being on Facebook, very few staff can grasp how these tools will help to achieve our goals: greater awareness and involvement in the broader movement to address hunger. Tags: change management.

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