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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

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What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. How has your agency addressed these issues in your social media policy?

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Ctrl+Alt+Delete: Rebooting Your Digital Community Building

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Jacobwith Flickr: jenny8lee When it comes to building community and increasing brand awareness, some organizations hire communications, marketing, and engagement staff to handle these activities. Social media policy - Make sure the organization has a social media policy in place and that it is a positive, encouraging policy and not punitive.

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Two Ways To Use Crowdsourcing for Face-to-Face Conferences

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Flickr Photo by Pierre-Alain Dorange. There are many examples of crowdsourcing techniques used by nonprofits and foundations and The Networked Nonprofit devoted an entire chapter to the topic. Crowdsourcing is the process of organizing many people to participate in a joint project, often in small ways. Where is it most useful?

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How Can Nonprofits Switch From Scarcity to Abundance Mindsets When It Comes To Self-Care?

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Flickr Photo by TheeErin. I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?

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Catching the Wave: Social Media and Nonprofits

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The photo is of the Pacific Ocean at Monterey taken by a Flickr user, Amayu. (No, it wasn't a presentation about Google Wave!). The title of the presentation was inspired by the title of a 1995 Harvard Business School Journal piece called "Catching the Wave" by Clay Christensen who coined the term "disruptive technologies."

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Where in the World Is the NTEN Staff?

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flickr: Beach650 Most days, we're hiding from the rain in our Portland, OR office. designed for present and future AFP Chapter leaders -- on More than Just Friends: Building and Sustaining Relationships with the Next Generation. But this fall, NTEN staff is traveling all over the country to various NPTech events. Are you going?

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NpTech Tag Roundup: Election Day, NPTech Blog Chatter, and Tool Talk

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Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 executive summary here ) ContinuousProgress: Better Advocacy Through Evaluation is an online guide to more effective foreign policy advocacy and evaluation. Steve Bridger from NFP 2.0

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