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Trend Blend 2009: A Map of Time and Tide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. Tags: trends. Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson.

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The Dangers of Online Services

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

This week was a bad week for online blogging services. First the blogging service JournalSpace , with hundreds of users, just, well, died, because they didn’t have a proper backup. They hosted a small percentage of the blogs out there (in comparison to, say, TypePad or Blogger.) Always have a disaster recovery plan.

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Four Recommendations for Personal and Professional Branding

Amy Sample Ward

“ 72% of the 209 respondents describe their approaches to personal/professional use of social media as either ‘blended’ or ‘segmented by channel’ ” Facebook friends aren’t created equal; or, rather, Facebook gives you the options to treat your friends differently. Choose your own path!

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How does your nonprofit work with crowds? Crowdsourcing Week on Beth's Blog

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Crowdsourcing can be done at an organizational level, blended into the way nonprofits create , implement, and evaluate their programs. This week on Beth's Blog, I'd like to invite you to think together with me about crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. Tags: crowdsourcing.

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The Fine Line Between Personal and Personality: Is Being A Human Unprofessional?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This seems to be the theme that is happening the comment thread over at Sean's Tactical Philanthropy blog in the comments about his Learning From Foundation Tweets post. You don't just want to blog about your pets and children all the time. Tags: change management. I asked Sean, why are we so scared of showing our human side?

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6 Entertaining Nonprofit Online Campaigns

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Participants then had to tag some friends and challenge them to do the same. The video blended humour and a heart-warming message, to challenge people on how they view people with Down syndrome. This resulted in thousands of hilarious videos, spreading the word and increasing donations, without ALS even having to produce the content.

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Blogging Potpourri

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

She listened politely through my little dinner table rant about how important it is for non-profits to blog and how few of them are doing it. We've got a blog " she said when I finally took a breath. And in fact they have a great blog. Steve Shu of 21Publish works with a group that takes blogging one step further.