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Great reads from around the web on December 25th

Amy Sample Ward

Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C.,

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Women Who Tech: Tools and Apps to Energize your Base

Amy Sample Ward

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. How do you set up an unconference?

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How Do You Celebrate Reaching 10,000 Fans on Facebook?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m a writer – currently working on a novel that explores the dangers of too much science/technology, especially in the realm of extreme religious fundamentalism. When I taught high school English, I saw first-hand the negative effects of hunger on children in school. How did you discover my FB page? the UNITED STATES !!!!

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Open Space and Unconference Facilitation. In some facilitation methods, the participants do the documentation – for example the World Cafe where participants take notes of the conversation or Open Space Technology where knowledge capture is done by participants throughout. Innovation / Generating New Ideas. Strategic Dialogue.

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Your Local Tech4Good Club Is Ready to Help

Tech Soup

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. In partnership with NTEN, we brought together 50 volunteers to attend the 17NTC conference for dedicated workshops that will prepare them to be nonprofit technology champions. Monday, April 17, 2017.

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Start 2017 by Building Your Tech Skills and Community

Tech Soup

TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. To learn how I can apply technology to my cause or organization. Why Are You a NetSquared Member? Why Are You a NetSquared Member?

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Over the Shoulder Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, this is the network effect of that model. And, I wonder how that can be facilitated by the Internet and Technology. There are ways that technology allows us to look over each other's shoulder. Her dream: unconference. What we had unconference with over your shoulder and worked in pairs.