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FEBRUARY 15, 2006

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that is helping to bring the social web to nonprofits & NGOs by sharing stories and building tools. Last month 80+ folks showed up so come on over and join the fun. It's at Varnish Art and Wine Bar @ 77 Natoma in SF from 6-8 PM.

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DECEMBER 6, 2005

As I mentioned in my November 3rd post , I am working as a Community Builder with NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup. You can hear last month's speakers, Chris Messina from Flock , CompuMentor's Marnie Webb and yours truly, on the NetSquared Channel on Odeo. I'm double blogging right now, here and on the NetSquared blog.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

I can't tell you how often people ask me if I think their supporters would listen to a podcast. Sometimes a new restaurant opens and is mobbed with people right away, but more often than not, it takes time to build up a steady clientele. Cross-posted from NetSquared. My question back is always, what do your supporters say?

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

You need to start by checking out the content that is already being created by citizen journalists and activists about the issues you care about on blogs, podcasts and online video/vlogs. Other podcast directories to check out are Yahoo! Podcasts , PodcastDirectory.com , Odeo , Podcast Alley , Podcast.net , and Podcast Pickle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

And another multiplier comes from Network Theory (not Einstein directly but building on physics and mathematics) which shows that a network strength is in its Weak ties / Loose connections. But first, you have to build trust, credibility and -- most importantly -- a relationship with those who might interact with your posted content.

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AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). You can listen to the original interview and a live recording of Freecycle's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Example: Volunteer Match's Engaging Volunteers blog is running a series about Boomer Engagement: Build Your Organization's Capacity, Even in Times of Scarcity. One way to build trust is to write with an authentic and personal voice on your organization's blog. Share your challenges and successes. Share your reasons for working there.

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JUNE 27, 2008

Other then this practical reason, we also syndicate headlines from our blogs, podcast, and videocast in order to pull them into the Workshops resources and eventually to our flagship website www.newstips.org to purchase our media guide, sign up for additional training, and subscribe to our electronic newsletter. t that bad. It was as if I???ve

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2006

There has been online conversation during the past couple of weeks on vlog list , Netsquared , TechSoup and Blogher. " A nonprofit just beginning to incorporate video into their web presence notes on a recent Netsquared post , "We don't have that much capacity to do video work, so its kind of catch-as-catch-can."

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FEBRUARY 6, 2007

That's when I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on its technology capacity building programs, including offline/online workshops for online skill building called SpiderSchool. I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. I've also been inspired to experiment with video blog posts and podcasts. And Netsquared. She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" button a lot on my own blog.

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DECEMBER 8, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I did an interview for the NetSquared Podcast with Leda Dederich, the creator of the dotOrganize project, and co-author of the report "Online Technology For Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy." Below is a transcript of the interview. To start, I asked Leda what inspired her to start dotOrganize.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. We're trying to build something different, something much more innovative. No that's not what it's all about.

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JUNE 28, 2010

the Netsquared community in the form of feedback on the idea, experts in understanding the footprint life cycle consumables, game designers to help design compelling social incentives, 3. mobile application developers to build a robust prototype. How can readers get involved or follow your work?

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JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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