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Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US. She uses Twitter to share what's going on at NTEN, announce new initiatives, and have conversations with NTEN members.

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MCON13 Live Blog: Millennial Service (Paul Schmitz, Soma and Rachael Chong, Catchafire)

NTEN

Those who haven''t experienced diversity, you have to be able to relate to people who are diverse, who have experienced adversity, be able to relate to different perspectives As a senior leader, you can create an experience where you build different relationships to increase diversity. You have to be deliberate. What makes me hopeful?

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Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know

NTEN

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Success is about building relationships–not building numbers. Allison made a great point in response to this topic and reiterated her earlier comments about taking down the walls and letting it blend. Farra Trompeter, Big Duck. [Ed.

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Building and Supporting Your Drupal Website: In-House, Outsourced, or Both?

NTEN

For complex you will almost certainly need some outside help, whether that’s a one-time build or an ongoing consulting relationship. Having internal staff who can make some changes quickly certainly comes in handy when unexpected needs pop up - one argument for having a blended model. What is the significance of simple vs. complex?

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Do You Need a “Communications Manager” or a “Community Manager” at Your Nonprofit?

NTEN

By Annaliese Hoehling, Publications Director, NTEN. I also informally polled the NTEN community. If you blend the job into one person, you have to make sure that person understands these two parts of the whole, and how they intermingle and influence each other.". What's the difference?

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10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. You need to understand how a good relationship with each group can benefit your organization, and how a bad relationship can hurt it.

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Leaders in Nonprofit Technology: Daniel Ben-Horin

Tech Soup

In the same year, NTEN. " perspective — on politics and relationships. And more and more of them are trying to create a kind of ground zero of respectful, caring human relationships. This blending of different groups interests me now. gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award.