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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Black users have long been at the center of digital culture as trendsetting social media influencers, content creators, and key drivers of online racial justice activism, as seen by hashtag movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #SayHerName. Center language justice in your content strategies.

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Global Scale: Launching the discussion list & much more!

Amy Sample Ward

Global Scale Purpose: Bonnie and I were inspired by conversations with each other on and offline but knew there were many more people who should be involved in discussing, sharing and learning. Date: December 7th. Time: 10 am – 11 am PST. Register to join the roundtable call from NTEN!

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SSIR Post: Swine Flu or Why Local Organizations Matter

Amy Sample Ward

This umbrella organization would require time for consideration and input from its members and wouldn’t necessarily be in-tune with the communities or cultures actually touched by the issues. It is impossible for one organization to know the stories, issues, culture and decision-making information of all locations. What do you think?

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Online Community Manager Open Forum

Tech Soup

Create a welcoming culture: Issue personal invites to people who have something to gain or contribute to the community. Target outreach when building international communities: Target invites to potential members by language or location. How can an online community be moved offline?

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Seven Tips for Techies in a Nonprofit Job Interview

NTEN

It's a great time to show you can communicate technical information in language that all can understand. Share your offline interests. In the interview, engage in friendly small-talk by complimenting the smiling kids framed in a photo on the desk, or asking about what influences staff culture. (In

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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Its] mission is to make books affordable for every child in India.”

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The focus of Eugene's work with this network was to better understand its community, the most promising group practices, and have an open discussion that would facilitate learning and interaction among these leaders who were miles apart, spoke different languages, and had Internet access challenges. 1) Everybody is People.