Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2008

This feature enables a group of people to join and share items they have discovered from their FriendFeeds (or elsewhere) and have micro-discussions. Here's a summary of some of the topics and discussions that took place in the NpTech FriendFeed Room. A number of posts were shared and discussed that were not about tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Creating Awesome Video | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages – regardless of budget and organization size. " The Web Is Dead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 29, 2007

The Net2 Secret Plan from Marnie Webb NpTech Tag New Year's Reflections, Predictions, and Best Ofs What are some of the ways that the social web marks the New Year? Britt Bravo at NetSquared summarized a community discussion about the "Best of the Nonprofit Social Web." Let's take a look. bubble would burst.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2009

You’re invited to join in a live and open text chat to discuss how the iPhone can be used for social change. Moderator : Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. The community will be invited to ask questions, share examples & ideas, and in general rock the discussion. Tags: mobile iphone social actions events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

NpTech Tag Skypecast Anyone? Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call next wed, thurs, or friday to discuss in real time the issues that have surfaced around the NpTech Tag. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Cross posted at Netsquared Five Hot Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2007

Gavin raises some good questions: What the hell is the "NPTech" tag and how would one use it anyway? The NpTech tag early discussions can be found here: [link]. How do you use the NpTech Tag? A brilliant reflection, if only presenting one point of view, but still worth reading! Do you have an opinion?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I first “met&# Enoch online through Netsquared in 2006 when I was putting together a presentation on nonprofits and the use of tagging. The winners included Elliot Margolies (who I also first met at Netsquared event), Mary J. Tags: Free Agent Networked Nonprofit Organizational Culture.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

Ana at JelloBrain has a terrific post discussing the relationship between user generated content and the organizations and infastructure on which that content is posted. You can read the full post and connect with Ana to keep the discussion going on JelloBrain here. You can check it out for yourself at www.socialchangenews.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! There's going to be a Netsquared Meetup (recommendations for restaurant or location are needed) How will your nonprofit avoid the Meatball Sundae? 2 ) that discusses how to lay the groundwork for board signoff on an organization's social media in initiatives. And if you???re

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

NetSquared’s Global Community Builder , Amy Sample Ward, will be at the NTC this year to connect and collaborate with friends, colleagues and new faces in the sector. Here’s how to find Amy and connect with NetSquared. Lunch Time Table Discussion. NetSquared Office Hours. Clarity on the two monthly events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Allan Benamer weighs in with some observations after wading through the comments over at the Netsquared site and pointing to Holden from GiveWell to be the most salient point. Where's the conference tag? NpTech Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2006

The tagging discussion included an action learning exercise where we shared a lot of resources about tagging as well as explored the discovery aspect of delicious. group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. What central tag to use to get an item noticed? What tags to use to describe items, who decides this?

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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. Sandra Dickinson has started an interesting discussion thread. Sandra Dickinson has started an interesting discussion thread. " prompted some discussion.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

For example, simply review the hundreds of ideas listed in NetSquared ’s Project Gallery and you’ll quickly see that people from around the world are hard at work leveraging all kinds of technologies to create positive change for communities tackling many different issues. I think there are too many to count, really.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2010

Today Allison Fine and I celebrated the launch of the Networked Nonprofit at TechSoup Global in the space where Netsquared Meetups take place. Finally, people really wanted to dig in and discuss the big ideas in the book! The discussion about Networked Nonprofits was rich. Tags: Networked Nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Tagged with a footnote Marnie Webb notes "What do you think of the survey O'Reilly points to? Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. " I agree.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

No worries, share your expertise, or get involved in a hands-on session happening in the NetSquared Garage. Tags: events conference mobile n2y4. Here’s 3 ways participants dive into the mix with the N2Y4 Conference structure: 1. Are you challenged by lecture-formats? Kick the tires. Location: Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Jason at DIA tagged it with this note: "The most universal piece of advice about using social networks for fundraising and friendraising is to start small." The notes suggest discussion around the appropriate tools to leverage transparency and how data in the social sphere is a public good. New (To Me) Nonprofit Tech Blogs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Tag your post with "net2thinktank." NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week. I've added a wiki to my Facebook profile.

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2011

Just recently NetSquared , part of the TechSoup network, has opened a discussion on Internet accessibility as their think tank theme this month. You can also tweet ideas using the tag net2thinktank, or email Claire Sale a link to any post you have made on the topic, recent or not. We would love to hear what you have to say!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

" Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: Finding Volunteers Online | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Looking for ways to recruit volunteers online? " Tags: roundup bookmarks broadband casestudies evaluation list postalicious report research resources volunteering. Check out the Net2 Think Tank for ideas! "For

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2005

Today, Mark is the manager of TechSoup's NetSquared initiative, a project designed to make sure the non-for-profit sector gets involved early and actively with the newest tools and trends in internet technology. And once we got through catching up, I admitted to him that I was just a bit perplexed about the NetSquared project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2010

This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different social networks. Tags: Conferences womenwhotech. Social Media ROI. How do you put a monetary value on branding?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2006

What are the similarities and differences between online discussion boards and blog communities? The triggers: A blog conversation on Jilliane's Smith blog that became a community blog conversation about nonprofit tagging on netsquared. My participation in an online discussion at. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

If you have thoughts, comments, or questions, let's discuss this over in the comments at the original post. In response to this post by Seth Godin on nonprofits and social media, I repeat what I said three years ago over at the Netsquared Community. Tags: change management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2010

Hosted by NetSquared. Book Party and Discussion with authors. Tags: Networked Nonprofit Promotions book santa cruz workshop. Virtual Book Launch. Details here. June 22, 2010. 12-2 PM PST. San Francisco Book Party. Brown Bag Lunch. Details here. June 25, 2010. The Nonprofit 2.0 Conference. Washington, DC. Details here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

" I strongly agree with Hildy Gottleib's comment at the end of the post and urge you to read both the post and the discussion in the comments. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Last month, my blog here on SSIR discussed the idea that nonprofit organizations, with the use of social media, can now create shared spaces online for their communities—truly convene groups online. Because the difference isn’t in using the tools per se, we all have the same functionality to upload, tag, comment, etc. I asked Prof.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter. That’s not a believable theory of change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2010

The process around policy - that is the discussion, buy-in, and education - is so critical for effective use of social media. Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. MindMap of Social Networking Policy Discussion. Tags: policy. Obviously, this is a just a beginning, not an end.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 Social Edge concludes its online discussion about Second Life - no summary but lots of pointers to nonprofit and social change activities including a few here , here , here , here , and here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2009

We've discussed Ushahidi here before; the project won last year's NetSquared Mashup Challenge. Tags: Digital Divide Online Activism Software Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 In short, Ushahidi aggregates information from text messages and other media, presenting a clearer picture of a crisis situation as it emerges.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events. Tags: events interview africa epic change fundraising philanthropy tweetsgiving twitter.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events. Tags: events interview africa epic change fundraising philanthropy tweetsgiving twitter.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Here's the latest news and discussion from all of us at TechSoup Global. Chris discusses virtualization with Monique Sendze of Johnson County Library. From TechSoup Global Labs: NetSquared. Tags: Web 2.0 From the TechSoup Community: TechSoup Blog. From TechSoup Global's grant-funded projects: MaintainIT Project.

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NTEN

MARCH 5, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . This month's NetSquared (a project of TechSoup Global ) Think Tank topic is on effective social media policies. Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN nten members. their nptech awesome.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Marnie Webb (who appears to be blogging a bit more these days since she switched to a MAC ) tagged an interesting article from the Wall Journal that asks " Is there a numerical cap on how many friends we can have? So, I have no idea why this page was tagged with NpTech. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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