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Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Along with Ed Walz, myself, and Liane, we spent a lot of time at the beginning mapping out program level outs and used a modified theory of change process. This prevents getting to tactical too quickly and places results in a larger context. It also connects the social media technical assistance to results.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

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For example, the GCAR platform powers the publicly-available map and database of grants which is a great way to quickly see where initiatives are being supported across the globe. Forum One works with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in developing and expanding the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps platform.) .

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Seven reasons I think "Datamasher" is so cool (and deserves your vote!)

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Datamasher is a web site where anyone can "mash-up" two sets of Federal data about US States to create a custom indicator, which can then be viewed by all on a State-by-State map or chart. For me, that means great satisfaction comparing the wonders of my home-town Wisconsin to our less-fortunate neighbors in Illinois.

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Balance the Spontaneous and Strategic of Social Media: Newsjacking and Obamacare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In addition, Sinatra mentions that figuring out their ‘no matter what’ messages was important to mapped out in advance. In Wisconsin, they reused some content that had been shared between states to announce the decision right away. 4) Figuring out “No Matter What” happens messaging is key.