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The Answer to Sean's Question: Tools for Effective Listening

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Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms.

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Digital Habitats: Stewarding Technology for Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The first is to feed my inner geek who wants to explore the tools and how to use them. You need to do both, but as colleagues suggest via Twitter and as Nancy, John, and Etienne lay out in their step-by-step practitioner guide - don't start with the tools. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.).

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Are They Listening Carefully or Not At All?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. Gavin wrote some excellent advice not too long ago on a listserv and if we're lucky, he'll write it up as a blog post). s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms.

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Nonprofits Using Ning: An Interview with Community Media Workshop and Best Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. Nonprofits, support groups, and nonprofit professionals have found their homes on Ning.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Guide your students to conversations and resources. news or web feeds ???? or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. The news feeds are created by some behind-the-scenes code called ???? Consuming Reading Feeds. How to find feeds to read? Read your feeds.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup has RSS feeds too! Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0 Yikes, there are no rules.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Be sure to check out Beginner's Guide to Facebook and How to promote your Cause on Facebook articles. Tis the Season These sites may not be of interest to participants of " Buy Nothing Day ," on November 23, but what better way to feed your consumer urges and desire to good by shopping for charity!