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Grassroots Campaigning: How to Use Online Channels to Build Offline Support

Connection Cafe

A volunteer who has been trained how to cut through the niceties that lawmakers prefer to let dominate a meeting (where do you eat, who’s your kin, etc.), But, in today’s world of digital over-communication and rowdy town halls overtaken by DC-based interest groups, one, two or even 20 Susans isn’t enough.

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It's almost time for #11NTC - See you there?

Judi Sohn

It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. It was in DC five years ago (2006) but I couldn't go because it just happened to be during Passover. With the conference in DC, it means that getting there and back is easy by train.

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It’s almost time for #11NTC – See you there?

Judi Sohn

It's in Washington, DC March 17-19, although I'll be arriving in DC on the 16th for an NTEN Board Meeting. It was in DC five years ago (2006) but I couldn't go because it just happened to be during Passover. With the conference in DC, it means that getting there and back is easy by train.

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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last week, Washington, DC held its first ever Give to the Max Day where 1300 nonprofits were fundraising and experimenting with social media tools and raised over $2 million in 24 hours. The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota.

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Social Learning Isn't Just for Kids: Learning in Public at Conferences and Workshops

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was in Washington, DC where I did a session on social media strategy for a convening of Packard Grantees. This environment can be a training workshop or it can be in an organization. The answer comes from Eugene Eric Kim in a recent presentation he did about networks, "Be the Change You Want To See" - it's about modeling.

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Nonprofit 2.0 Reflections: Sharing Practices Around Listening and Free Agents

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. She trains, coaches, and evangelizes internally on how to use social media. She has also been training staff in the disaster response department who in turn used tools like Twitter on the ground from Haiti.

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What We Learned at 17NTC: Day 1

Tech Soup

This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC, had a lot to offer for the nonprofits in attendance, and TechSoup was no exception. " and includes modeling statistical analysis. Email works with other channels: Test sending fewer emails, and cultivating donors through other channels.