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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0

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How Mature Is Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Practice?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click Through to Flickr for Attributions. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. In this model, there are four different levels of social media practice: Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly. The nonprofit effectively integrates social and emerging technologies such as mobile across all communications channels.

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Transparency, Social Media, and Dealing with Criticism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo from Wokka. Almost as a model of how to deal with negative comments to a post , Jeremiah Owyang has invited his critic, David Charback, to write a guest post. So, fellow nonprofit communications professionals, I remixed David's scenario and replaced the word "corporate" with "nonprofit."

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos. Also announced 2.0

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With Liberty, and Information, For All?

NTEN

Flickr Photo: Fayster Now that the stimulus package -- or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, if you're keeping score at home -- has been signed into law , the work of making it all happen begins. But it could be a very good model for how nonprofits can use the web to open up all the way and be as transparent as possible.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

Museum 2.0

There are thriving groups of Flickr users who share photos of themselves imitating art. A great shot of your institution, shared on Flickr, serves as a free piece of marketing that may generate ticket sales. And it's not just about recall. Visitors who want "the best shot ever of the penis statue" are still likely to buy in the store.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's Steve Wright modeling his ). Laura Quinn explains why she feels the "all content should be open" attitude is not responsible and explains how/why there aren't sustainable business models in nonprofit content creation. license and you are encouraged to use, remix, and forward, with the appropriate attribution!

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