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RSS As Information Coping Tool

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I've been doing Internet skills training workshops since 1995 and way back when I used to do one called "Digital Literacy" which was all about how to use email, listservs, and Internet search functions. I started off with 5 blog feeds and as I discovered other blogs or resources, I added them gradually.

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

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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. The goal of our workshop is to provide media training for nonprofits, including training on using these new tools.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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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 ???? Most blog software can generate a RSS feed with the click of a button - you don??????t Consuming Reading Feeds. Read your feeds.

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Marnie Webb On Nonprofit Blogging

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They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. Typically, by training and inclination, I'm not all about spouting off on what "should" be done. feed), and tools that allow you to find other people and organizations who are working to solve the same issues you are working to solve.

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

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TechSoup has RSS feeds too! Online Organizing, Online Communities, and Social Networking New Organizing Institute conducted a jam-packed three-day training for nonprofits on online organizing and technology. Heather from Aspiration shares her process for securing a venue for Penguin Day.

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A. Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" the Liberty Hill Foundation has been supporting efforts to train high school students in organizing.

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Meet Nicola M. Wells: Social Media As An Online Door Knocking Campaign for Immigrant Rights

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He immediately saw the need to tell the stories of the families that had been ripped apart by the raids, of children who had lost parents, of mother who weren't sure if they could pay rent or feed their children next week. He started a blog, and asked me to continue the project.