Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 11, 2010

It’s because this is another example of how our tools are defining community. ( Last month’s post focused on that topic using Causes, Ideablob and Ning as references for the conversation.) Apple, though, seems to have a cripplingly closed system; here’s Jake: The other issue gets to Apple’s broader competitive approach.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

Your organization, whether it has an organizational presence there or not, has people interested in your services, programs, mission or cause talking about it and everything else all over the social web – from mainstream networks like Facebook and Twitter to niche communities on Ning or even forums (some branded, some not).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center. This site worked much like Katrina Aftermath , with aggregations of content generated by the public, news orgs and govt agencies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

All content must be verifiable. Manny Hernandez is a social entrepreneur, community strategist, president of the diabetes hands foundation , founder of tudiabetes and estudiabetes , author of ning for dummies. Trivial or incidental coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not sufficient to establish notability. So, your blog?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A social network like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Ning might be a tool to leverage your talents. Facebook , Ning ) Social bookmarking (i.e. Are you, or the staff person who will be in charge of social media, using social media already, or will training be needed? Are you a natural writer? A blog may be a place to start.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2008

I usually do this in a room with a quick poll, but I wanted to push myself to create the content based on their questions. But first, you have to build trust, credibility and -- most importantly -- a relationship with those who might interact with your posted content. In A Museum?

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2008

Gustav08 on Ning. He is hoping it will work like Katrina Aftermath , with aggregations of content generated by the public, news orgs and govt agencies. He has also set up a wiki called GustavWiki.com , initially populated with content from pages created three years ago for Katrina. The widget's resources. Gustav Wiki.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2007

The site content will be moderated and if inappropriate (off topic) content is posted - it will be removed - but that long term the site will be community moderated. He noted that Blip.TV is the platform for this and I wondered whether that was part of their services. Flickr is one excellent example of community moderation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

The Bamboo Project gives up the round up of places to find great multimedia content online. where you vote for one of the finalists in the NTEN Video Content or watch a machinima about Nonprofits in Second Life. Ning is a platform that allows you to create your own social networking site. There's also dogooder.tv

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

You can always start with a Google search but don’t forget to use group directories on WiserEarth , Ning , and Facebook. Contributing on-topic content is usually appreciated. Search and select : Niche communities can be hard to find by their very nature. Also, make sure to ask respected members of your local nonprofit community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2009

Where do branded social networks like Ning sites fall? Respondents indicated that they used number of members and the amount of user-generated content, with fundraising was a lowest ranked metric. The survey provides us with a baseline of social network use by nonprofits. I was quoted as saying that USAToday.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

TOOLS AND RESOURCES Places to find reviews of tools and training TechSoup [link] Idealware [link] Aspiration [link] CompassPoint [link] NTEN [link] Web Site Hosting Electric Embers [link] Pair Networks [link] Thinkhost [link] Domain name registration MyDomain [link] Register.com [link] Network Solutions [link] CMS (Content Management System) Drupal (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Professionally produced content may be seen as less valuable because it isn't seen as authentic!  Putting out content that is useful and entertaining Shows a comparison between gohawaii.com and beachwalks.tv - is higher on engagement. Leveraging Communities Has set up a Ning.    Another twist on the topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

The report identifies six areas of emerging technology over the next one-to-five years: User-Created Content. tools being deployed including Wikispaces, Delicious, Slideshare, Ning, Twitter, Meebo, YouTube and many others) We will students researching and experiencing social web enabled learning unfold on the wiki. Social Networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Even better is getting your constituents to share their stories about your organization with others or “user generated content.”. Once you have content created through these methods, it can be easily shared using the buzz tools above through social networks. I think NTEN is a terrific example of the rule of thirds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. Michele Martin discovers a really useful tool called FeedCycle that lets you publish serialized RSS feeds or chunks of content. NetSquared. Net Tuesday Seattle has been in the local press too! Netsquared Featured projects receive grant awards !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

In addition the content, I learned a lot about the delivery - in terms of a visual approach to powerpoint). Ning founder Marc Andresen notes "Open Social is an open way for everyone to do what Facebook has done." More coverage on Google's Open API. Myspace, Bebo, and Six Apart Join Google Open Social from TechCrunch.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

. —– I’ve talked about issues and ideas over the last year about the use of certain tools or platforms in the social technology for social impact sector, from Causes to Ideablob to Ning. Tags: community otherblogs causes community building ideablob ning ssir tools. “Market&# does not equal “Community&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

CHBN provides a free service for broadcasting member-generated political video content. And if you don't want to give your content over to corporate giants or get paid pennies by having ads slapped on your stuff, maybe just created your own little YouTube with ning and there is always hosts like this and this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

But that would be a lot of content! SocialGiving , a Ning app that allows for peer-to-peer fundraising initiatives for Ning Network Creators was launched this week by PincGiving. Ning has been a popular platform for nonprofits to create communities of interest around their causes. Follow his blog for expert Ning advice.

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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. What do you think? Meanwhile, a few scholarly articles on the topic. How and Why Nonprofits Are Using Web2.0 Sandra Dickinson has started an interesting discussion thread.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2009

The second type is "house" which the survey has defined as a social network which is part of the organizations website, typically provided by a private or white label vendor like ThePort or Small World Labs or Ning. Presence on Commercial Social Networks. Promotion of Community. Or is it that those are just the easiest tools?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Yet surprisingly, now 14 months after its release, 90% of the content still rings true. Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. Social Media for Social Good: Table of Contents. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

a boost to existing communities and content on the web. The best approach is to plan for that and have a take-down policy; encourage members to report malicious content and give them way to do so easily. removing spam and offensive content. – If you use something like Ning does that platform share a part of the liability?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Ning – Popular with nonprofits, reasonably priced, may require some customization. ” The idea was to get folks who do social media for nonprofits sharing best practices about social media adoption and culture change by balancing brief content delivery with lots of interaction. … Read More Online Community Training Design'

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Create an online network with options for profiles, diverse content, and multiple communication options. Ning allows you to build your own public or private online network with various pricing options. Share stories and updates, sometimes photos or videos, publicly. Tips for Collaboration Online.

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

Once the above points are addressed, the following toolsets can be considered, along with their fundamental attributes: Social Networks allow for extensive networking, sharing personal interests, interconnecting groups, and sharing content with different groups.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

I wonder if, in the current economic downturn, we will see more non-profits encouraging the use of micro-donation services like Tipjoy that spread out the processing fee and make small payments to causes, content, etc. From asmallworld.org to facebook to any tiny niche ning community. more feasible. I have two observations to share.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Or is it worth more because the museum content is reaching people in distant lands who would otherwise never have engaged with the institution? Outreach Let’s say you run your museum's education department, and you have two vans that go out to schools to do in-classroom programs exposing students to museum content. 9, 2005.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The site would rely heavily on multimedia content and present American culture through the following global navigation elements: 1) Personal stories, 2) Songs, 3) Movies, 4) Images. Technical consideration: The site should be built on a non-proprietary platform rather than Ning to address privacy concerns. Vote for this Idea].

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Think a whitebox version of Ning, or Facebook. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Social Network Management Systems? What do these tools allow you to do? They allow you to create stand-alone social networks.

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