NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Or, if you are clearly visible and helping to pull together threads of knowledge building across many platforms, your organization’s name is getting valuable exposure. Discussion boards can be added to your website, leveraged in a Ning site, or you can use a google group or similar solution. Consider Ning, Basecamp, and Zoho.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

The second part explores challenges in facilitating collaboration. Even if the collaboration platform you buy or build has many powerful capabilities, resist the temptation to use all of them. Choose an appropriate platform and deployment strategy. The world of collaboration platforms is a bit of a jungle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2009

We’ve listened to our supporters online and attempted authentic engagement with various social media platforms. Naturally, my colleagues and I have taken the lead in establishing our organizational presence on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Ning and posting to our blog. Our nonprofit is not unique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2008

One of the participants was an organization named GroundSpark which has a project called "Respect for All," that facilitates the development of inclusive, bias-free schools and communities by providing media resources, support and training to youth, educators and service providers. I'm not referring to comment spam , either.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2013

Note from Beth: This one of my favorite photos of a workshop I designed and facilitated at SXSW called “ Peer Learning Session for Nonprofit Social Media Managers.” Is your nonprofit facilitating online professional learning? Community Management Services and Platforms. What have you learned?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Think a whitebox version of Ning, or Facebook. Elgg, a LAMP(hp) project, started it’s life as a learning platform with social network features, but has transmorgrified into a social network platform with learning features. What do these tools allow you to do? They allow you to create stand-alone social networks.

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