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Strengthening Your “Internal Partner” Muscles

VQ Strategies

Regardless of where leaders of volunteers fall on an org chart, their success relies not only on nurturing positive relationships between volunteers and the organization but also on nurturing effective partnerships internally with other staff. How can you do all that? Want to balance all these hats, while still getting your work done?

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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

. —– A new report from the team at Forrester came out last week: Tapping The Entire Online Peer Influence Pyramid. The evaluation and recognition of peer influence, something that is not only prevalent but inherent in social media, is something that help empower and sustain your communities AND increase your staff capacity.

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Marc A. Smith on Social Mapping for Network Growth

Tech Soup

Smith and his talk "Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL." By understanding what kind of network you have, you can better pinpoint influencers, as well as outliers (to create more participation in the community). How is this helpful for community managers?

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Guest Post by Steve Waddell: Systems Mapping for Non-Profits - Part 1

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See larger image here: Map from: Waddell, Steve. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building. One of the tools for better understanding networks are visual diagnostics and mapping techniques.

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Replacing Mobile Advertising with Real-Time Data

Amy Sample Ward

I’ve run three questions so far, and here’s some of the insights to the process: What influences your charitable giving? The first question I asked on Qriously was: “What influences your charitable giving?&# First, overall: And when you click on “What does this chart mean?&# That’s it!

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where. How do you know an “influencer?&#. Your goal: why do you engage with them.

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Why Every Organization Should Make Sustainability Part of its Mission

Saleforce Nonprofit

org’s Climate Justice Action map , which connects people with local groups and other activists. They also use Salesforce to plan and chart a future path to growth. Liz is passionate about using clear communication to influence positive social change. University of Massachusetts Amherst. About the Author.