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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

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The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. It isn’t about content, although that is important.

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Network + Self-Organizing + Location + Data Visualization = 2010

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I've been playing in a sand box to explore online collaboration/social media tools and how they support network weaving. The big ah ha for me during our reflection that was that effective online collaboration tools for working in a networked way can't have top-down control interaction design.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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From the urban demonstration projects of the historic foundations (Kellogg, Ford, Carnegie) to the contemporary emphasis on indicators and evaluation work, the sector has increasingly embraced systematic and intentional research processes for advancing social change goals. On day one, we started with questions connected to knowledge work.

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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

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Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. Typically, it takes someone seeing a situation that needs to change and doing the work to change it. It was about whether they trusted us.”

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What lies beneath social media stress, fear, and barriers to adoption in nonprofits?

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When I facilitated technology and web workshops for nonprofits in the 1990's, I did a lot of workshops on TechnoStress where small groups would identify their concerns and then literally draw a picture of them. It's working in a networked way. Tags: change management network effectiveness working wikily.

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5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor

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Look for a strong partner network to create a system that meets your needs and includes organizations with a track record of working with nonprofits. Who is involved: Find out if you will have a dedicated team and point person to help you with the process or if it will be a rotating group of support.

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Guest Post by Holly Hight: When Controlling the Message Stifles Community (and Staff Morale)

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Our use of social networking has exposed many cultural differences within our organization. I am part of a large group of staff within our nonprofit that interacts with our supporters on a daily basis. Policy and research staff have a different culture than those of us who work directly with individuals on the group.

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