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Case Study: Tools for Community Engagement

NTEN

Building community and maintaining engagement is often a full time job – even if it goes unpaid! 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.

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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. New Radical Online Community: [link] coordinated by Debra Askanese. What’s Up Doc? Humanizing Goes Deeper Then Social Media Tactics – [link] – coordinated by Maddie Grant.

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Vendor Relationship Management: Why Nonprofits Should Care

Tech Soup

TechSoup's Senior Online Community Manager, Lewis Haidt, introduced me to Vendor Relationship Management (more commonly shortened to VRM), which is sort of the converse to Customer Relationship Management. Doc Searls on VRM. The greater tech community still needs to warm up to VRM. Challenges.

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

This post was originally published on The Ross Collective ; it is being shared here with the author’s permission. I had asked my contact whether participants were comfortable using Zoom with Google Docs. My most important priority was building community, not getting pulled into focusing too much on technology.

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Telework Cool Tools: SlideRocket

Tech Soup

We regard it as a TechSoup green product donation in that it makes it easy to for people to communicate easily regardless of where they are, thus making telework more manageable. TechSoup started putting it to use right away, particularly on our Online Community and Social Media Team. TechSoup’s Telework Team.

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Jen Louden, Savor and Serve: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Jen Louden is a best-selling author, retreat creator, and Comfort Queen turned activity catalyst. We wrote a sweetness in front of an office for a friend grieving the death of his child, in front of our doc's office saying thanks for being such a great healer, and loud praise for the librarians at the library.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives. Appreciating you!

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