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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” The chapter suggests “Tearing down the silos” and that this will encourage more open leadership, and create a transparent environment. The idea is to go from a hierarchical structure (what Allison Fine and I described as Fortress in our book) to a more collaborative, team offer. Sometimes easier said than done!).

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Advocacy Policy, Part Two - And Why Now is an Especially Good Time to Create One

Museum 2.0

We reviewed a handful of existing policies from other institutions (local and national, museums and not), discussed their attributes, and started drafting/stealing/reworking with a Google doc. We wanted enough of a process to provide clarity and structure without too many hoops. We only met once in person. Any surprises?

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The morning had two segments, beginning with content and small group exercises on several themes from the Networked Nonprofit including culture change , transparency , and simplicity. Geoff Livingston did a great job at live blogging the first section in the morning. My Zoetica colleague, Kami Huyse , suggested a tool called rowfeeder.

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Live Blogging: 09NTC Mapping Your Social Media Strategy

Amy Sample Ward

Themes that people want to learn: new metrics structures can bubble up. Qui - for clients that are larger, we set up media citation reports (like a word doc with titles and links and relevant info about the mentions and how they should respond). Qui Diaz:Livingston, recently did research for the Philanthropy 2.0 industry benchmarks.

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Can Nonprofit Organizations Work More Like Clouds? How?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Change your organization's culture, work style, and tools to "look more like a cloud. He said: If you can permute your organization so that it looks more like the cloud, you’ll have an easier time working with the cloud. We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc. Let's go back and dissect one of Mark's points: .

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Technology is 90% Psychology

NTEN

Even if you've managed to stave off the social media hounds in your nonprofit so far, you've seen other signs: Those twenty-something staffers who look dumbstruck when you inform them you don't know GDoc from Doc Holliday. Today, we need decentralized structures to succeed. Staff don't leave their desks for lunch anymore.

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1stfans: An Audience-Specific Membership Program at the Brooklyn Museum

Museum 2.0

An: I'd been actively exploring online media and our emerging culture of branded, digital selves, with self-portrait series centered around blogging and advertising, and Twitter quickly became part of that larger exploration. I think of this is a living membership structure in this way - we watch and we adapt.

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