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Book: Welcome to the Fifth Estate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The four types described in the book in more detail include: Participation — This may be an individual (often called a social media or community manager) or in more sophisticated organizations, a team of people that are basically out and about on the interwebs, having conversations with their communities of interest.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

My latest post for the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up and I hope you’ll dive into the conversation with me! A recent event has brought up some huge red flags for me around data, around communities, around social impact, inclusion and even more.

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7 Things That Social Media Will Enhance

NCE Social Media

Empowerment of niches communities and small businesses – It used to be that only in a city someone could find others with a shared interest in an area outside of popular culture. These communities, the mix of individuals across microblogging, social networks orums and videos, are speaking to a given company.

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Effective Online Networking Skills: Adam Cohen's Personal Networking Icebreaker. What's yours?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What's your best personal networking conversation starter at a networking event? This week I am an online mentor on the topic of " Effective Online Networking " as part of the Networking for Success project at the the Women???s s Technology Empowerment Centre. Network Weaving Skills.

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every social networking community has its own unique ebb and flow, and your supporters have no interest in liking, following, or friending a robot. While these tools can help you streamline your social media campaigns, they have made poor social media managers of many. Engage in conversation.

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Twitter Community Organizing Rules for Non Profits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have noticed that many organizations don’t understand that Twitter is a social network of one on one peer relationships. Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance. Organizing is about building relationships and mobilizing people around a cause.

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