Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. NpTech Community. " Findhabeas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here. Allison Fine points out some outrageous behavior by the Gates Foundation and asks "What does it take for the foundation and nonprofit community to finally take a stand on appalling behavior like this?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

Starting this week, you can vote for the best NetSquared Innovation Fund Award nominated projects until Saturday, April 14th at Noon PDT. To vote, read through the Voting Guidelines , and their handy Voter Guide , which includes short summaries of the 150+ nominated projects. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." The main reason I'm still tagging is for retrieval when asked for a resource on and to write this summary. I am wondering how all relates to the NpTech tag community and what it means. bubble would burst.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Organizing a community and serving it well has a lot of dimensions poorly reflected in webstats alone. What should Netsquared's Facebook strategy be? OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership. I think it means nothing. What do you think? Here's a growing list.

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JULY 19, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Age Segmentation in Social Networking | NetSquared – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your thoughts and best practices for using social media with or for a particular age group. Marketing for Nonprofits: Want to Build Community Online? What do you think? Check it out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2008

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Photo by SpacePotato. rethink, reinvent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

Here's a summary of some of the topics and discussions that took place in the NpTech FriendFeed Room. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Exploring FriendFeed. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Read more about it from Green Miles blog and a summary of reactions from other nonprofits here. Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. News from Nigeria via the Netsquared blog. Are there others?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

NetSquared. Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards ! Social Networking Sites, Online Communities, and Experiments. " Best Engaging Communities " a large collection of best-practices info and case studies about managing online communities found by Ian Wilker. NpTech Talk. It's a must-read.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

There's a roundup of coverage on his Netsquared blog , including pointers to live blog posts like this one. More from Britt Bravo on Netsquared blog. Changing the Present has launched a Facebook application adding to the virtual gift community. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. NpTech Conversations. So, you want to build a MashUp? And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Check out this presentation " Cultivating Your Constituents Online " that was sent into the NpTech Group on Slideshare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

It focuses on the area of data privacy, secure communications and information security. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. The summaries are released on cc 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2008

Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. And if you???re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

An interview with Allen Gunn of Social Source Commons by Britt Bravo over at Netsquared. Once You Start Dancing The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Need some comic relief?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2007

This slide show from Common Craft uses a party as a metaphor for online community. Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

To keep up with what the arts community is doing in technology and the social web, follow the blog. Global NpTech Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT to those in remote and rural communities in the developing world, mostly in Africa. Tools and Strategy Google Earth for Green Activism.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Taken together, they make NTEN sound like a supportive and positive community to be a part of -- which we knew, but it means so much to us to know that you all think so, too. In it are Beth Kante r of Beth's Blog , and Amy Sample Ward from NetSquared. So, in summary, #NTENThanks to all of you, for keeping us and each other going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

back then) and being the one of the visionaries behind the Netsquared project. So, when Marnie starts talking about the next big disruptive technology for the nonprofit sector, I listen. We’ve published those results and our partner network has translated the executive summary into a wide variety of languages. Or it can, anyway.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. Check out the SDCTC Community Portal (is the idea of a "portal" web 2.0 Cross posted at Netsquared functionality. or more like web 1.0?)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. over at her Netsquared blog about adoption of blogs and wikis in an organizational context and how these tools further organizational mission. What do you think?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Jordan writes a great summary of the debate this kicked off, and her own thoughts about the issue. Marnie Webb ( TechSoup Global ) wants you to do Access right: read her summary of the 3 things you need to do as an organization to help your constituents stay connected -- as well as understand what they're connecting to and why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

If you are interested in community plumbing, here's rough diagram , although it might have changed since a few days ago. It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 applications have changed the rules of online community.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2013

It originally appeared on NetSquared. Floodlight, an interesting data storytelling tool for communities is also featured. Also mentioned is NGOs competition from peer-to-peer type grassroots relief efforts as smaller community-driven organizations use technology to operate on the same level as bigger NGOs. Data Won the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A content curator cherry picks the best content that is important and relevant to share with their community. It is also good to learn from experienced curators and how they hone their craft. Netsquared recently published this summary of tips from nonprofit content curators. You have to be organized and know your sources.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

I’ve been noticing that I tend to get more engagement on technology posts than social engagement posts, although when I worked hard at stirring the pot, there have been a few productive conversations. The problem with Google + as it stands right now (and it will be changing) is that lack of community features and mainstream adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Photo by Mr. Clean1982 The NpTech Tag Summary is a weekly compilation of resources tagged with "nptech" by those who follow all things nonprofits and social media. The summaries are more focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. Do you remember the Grasshopper and the Ant Fable ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

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. More information here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Also, building your own social network and growing and supporting a community takes work and relationship building to be successful-- whether you to do it on Facebook or your own site. Drop a comment or link back and I'll round it up for next week's summary. Would love to read a summary of the campaign results and lessons learned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

NpTech Community Snippets Who let the (NpTech) dogs out? The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Photo by Geodog Speed Geeking Session at Advocacy Dev - complete flickr stream here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Use Your Nonprofit Blog to Create Your Own Media Coverage When the men accused of murdering Gwen Araujo, a woman they beat, bound and strangled after they discovered that she was biologically male, went to trial, the Community United Against Violence decided to use a blog to document the trial. Are there any you could add to your blogroll?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Here's a few reflections from people in the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Post, Post It Passion Exercise from Youth Noise, Youth Summit Blogging and New (to me) Blogs Blogging 101 Community Blogging describes how to avoid the slow hard agonizing death of a blog: Make it a team effort. There's an interesting post on the roles and behavior of online communities of practice. Edge4Dev blog aims to help.

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