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5 Assumptions Every Community Manager Should Make Daily

Amy Sample Ward

It may seem like so much fun to round up friends and record a video about why you are all so passionate about a cause, then edit it with catchy backgound music and effects, and post it on YouTube. But operating and communicating as if every commenter is a troll will shut down conversation very quickly. Photo credit: aflier Flickr ].

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On my way to Zagreb!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ll be posting pics to flickr, for sure! { I have been tasked to be “use case librarian&# which is very cool, since I am a real fan of use cases. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Why Creating Space for Creative Time in the Nonprofit Workplace Improves Productivity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by AstridWestvang. Studies confirm that creative activities – painting, drawing, dancing, playing music, theatre, or singing – can improve employee productivity and skills. Share it in the comments below. Has your organization incorporated creative activities to reduce stress and improve productivity? Have story?

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Free and Open Source Tool #13: Flock

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It can bring in your photos (and the photos of your contacts) from flickr. at 9:01 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 03.16.08 Today, I’m talking about Flock. Flock is the “social browser.&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us It can keep track of your Twitter friends, etc. A true gift!

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Video

Tech Soup

An effective nonprofit video can be as simple as a Flickr photo stream set to an audio track or a really great interview. Videos should be clear to understand if employing dialogue or music. As was noted, "creativity and passion" can overcome what is lacking in technical quality.

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Update on social network portability

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org. Read/Write Web and TechCruch have good coverage of this. This is, of course, great news. But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? {

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Facebook the last frontier?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway. Relatively recently, I’d finally, after tons of invitations, joined invested time and energy into my LinkedIn profile. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us So we’ll see how it works.

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