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Advancing Social Media Measurement for Philanthropic Outcomes #sm_re

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That often intimidates nonprofit folks (including me), but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are low tech tools and online (low cost or free) SNA tools and great resources like Marc Smith at NodeXL. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. Community Foundation of Monterey County. Radio Bilingue.

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Marc A. Smith on Social Mapping for Network Growth

Tech Soup

TechSoup hosted the San Francisco Online Community Meetup which recently featured Marc A. " Marc is with the Connected Action Group , which uses social methodology to gain insights into patterns of communities. How is this helpful for community managers? Future Online Community Meetups (OCTribe). More Informa tion.

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Research Friday: ASU is an Important Central Hub for Nonprofit Organizations

ASU Lodestar Center

Contrary to popular belief, social networks and social network analysis (SNA) both existed long before Facebook. SNA is a visual, quantitative measurement tool that has been used across disciplines since the 1950's. Based on ASU's relatively new presence in the community, this is very encouraging information.

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Can Social Network Analysis Help You Improve Your Social Media Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He showed an example of this in an online community SNA and pointed out the lurkers, conversation starters, trolls, based on particular patterns in the map. . An individual's online social behavior and connections can be looked at against social networking analysis characteristics and different profiles or roles are then created.

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Jayne Cravens to Serve as Advisor to UN program in Afghanistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The appeal is mostly for young people -- these communities are easy ways for offline friends to "gather" online, and to meet new people, either for entirely online encounters or to meet eventually face-to-face. These communities also feel exclusive and special, something young people find particularly appealing.