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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

You can read the post and participation in the conversation on the SSIR blog here! And many of us in these social environments, she said, “have gotten into the habit of crossing the street like we always do to avoid the riff-raff.” - NYO. Go where the community already is! Join the community! Boyd explained to the crowd.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. When we first started babycastles, we had no idea there was any kind of community in NY for it. Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

In order to lead your ministry, provide valuable programming, and connect your community to your mission, you need adequate funds. A peer-to-peer fundraiser will not only help you reach your revenue goals, but also raise awareness on the issues that your community faces. There might be people within your own community who want to help.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In November, the Chase Community Giving. The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, health care, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. .

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® began to be replicated across the nation, the need to capture learning in a more sophisticated way grew right along with the growth of replication. Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes – Guest Post by Kelcie Tacchi. Define your Call to Action. Conduct an Organizational Audit.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

NTEN

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. When we first started babycastles, we had no idea there was any kind of community in NY for it. but there wasn't an offline space for that.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

Community science workshops. In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. But it is also a symbol of a movement for third places that combine commerce, design and community.

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