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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

Consider how you can support more robust knowledge sharing. By providing your stakeholders with a dedicated place to share knowledge with one another, community building happens naturally. What is a knowledge sharing network? Knowledge is a lofty word. What are some examples of knowledge sharing networks?

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Microlearning: Fad or Fantastic?

Forj

Our ability to find what we need to learn on the Internet is ubiquitous; so much so that 70% of employees will turn to Google before their company learning files*. Wikipedia ? If it is basic knowledge being conveyed it is preferable to start with an introduction and end with a conclusion.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Lack of access to the knowledge in books perpetuates ignorance, generates poverty and squanders human potential. We can do better!

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia.

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7 Fantastic Free or Low Cost Sources To Get Images for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Morgue File – This collection of photographs were freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects. Photoshare – This collection focuses on images that depict international health as part of the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Project and was funded by USAID.

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Meet Marshall the Nonprofit Blogging Coach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think nonprofits really need to use blogs to keep themselves on the public radar screen, to deepen the public knowledge about the issues as they unfold, and as a way to mobilize supporters. Wikis are great for collaborative document development and knowledge sharing. What are your observations about blogging and nonprofits?

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