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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? Looking for new techniques to add to your facilitator’s toolbox? The most critical thing that distinguishes brainstorming from other types of facilitated group activity is the absence negative feedback. Basic Approaches. Before the Session.

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Data Portability for Good

NTEN

Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Free your data, and your mind will follow. You can create mashups like Carma.org by combining data sets or services. Our entry was not only fun, but useful -- a bonus! Because data is powerful!

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Cloud Computing 101: What You Need to Know

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Services: Pieces of common functionality that you can mashup with your applications (e.g., If you change your mind, or your needs change, you can simply switch to another solution. Platform: The tools vendors use to build applications for nonprofits (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Force.com, Facebook). So, what can you do in the cloud?

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Where are the twenty-something or GEN-Y Bloggers Who Are Writing About Social Change and Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Zandria did a fabulous job of facilitating the session. I wanted to listen to what was on their minds in general, although I was particularly keen on hearing any discussions or snippets about social change, nonprofits, and activism. So, having this opportunity listen was very valuable. Philanthropy.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had the pleasure working with Diana Scearce , from Monitor Institute, who has been facilitating and weaving this network. What comes to mind when you think of the word crowdsourcing either for funding or doing? Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# What do you track?

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Self-Identification and Status Updates: Personal Entrypoints to Museum Experiences

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While this can be facilitated digitally, it doesn't take complicated tools to create an environment in which guests are treated personally based on their preferences and interests. When you make an audio mashup, your voice is part of the mix. Facebook , a social network for friends, asks, "What's on your mind?"

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