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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? The report asks a number of impact questions related to networked citizens and the future.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

Although not bad behavior per se, it’s at least gauche to ask others to financially support a cause that you don’t—and part of being a board member means generating funds through networking. This proved to be a wonderful way to share nationally AbilityFirst’s empowerment philosophy. After five years, we finally balanced the budget.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) What it Means to Communities.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) What it Means to Communities.

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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. In fact, it shows that you don’t think you are too important to have relationships with the people you want to influence. Drop them if they don’t and they are not influencers. Twitter does exactly that.

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Grow Your Community #NPTechChat: Challenges, Opportunities

Tech Soup

We'll examine these questions from multiple angles and share the knowledge: How do you incorporate community into your programs? What are the best practices to harness influencers as your online community changes? Eastern time, 3 p.m. London GMC (UTC), and 6 p.m. Nairobi (EAT — UTC +3). The chat will last for one hour.

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Nonprofit Organizational Culture Eats Big Data for Lunch

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These are some of the questions that I set out to answer in my new book Data Driven Nonprofits. Culture of Agile: There is empowerment of people to interact and collaborate that allows them to adapt and respond to a changing environment. Why do some get overwhelmed in the deluge of data flowing from their systems?

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