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Sharing my #EpicThanks – please join me!

Amy Sample Ward

One thing I’m thankful for every day, beyond my family and friends, is the rich and open discussion we are cultivating on the web. The event is founded by Epic Change, a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization I love that amplifies the voices and impact of grassroots changemakers who need to be heard.

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated. Announcements of member openings are also permitted. Read the full transcript here! Anyone who subscribes may post messages. All other job announcements are to be posted elsewhere.

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Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Instead, create a specific fund or give donors a tangible item or event to donate towards. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Be specific. Close the loop.

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Five Ways Social Media is Helping to Build Social Justice Movements

Care2

Creates more open and transparent conversations about thought-provoking issues. Then in the 90’s people had some of these conversations via online forums and listservs. Helps to better brand organizations with supporters and potential supporters.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

Technology is the unintuitive phone system, the frustrating donor management system, the computer that blue screens every time it has more than three windows open. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) In many organizations, technology is viewed as separate from the work the organization is doing.

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TechSoup Global: A Tale of Two Dramatically Different Networks and Their Development

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(You can review the slide deck to get the details of its growth in terms of global partners and software products). This first network was more formalized because of the risks involved in distributing software and also because of the funding investment. It required more structure, planning because of the risk associated with failure.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: This Week in NPTech

NTEN

Those familiar with Michelle's work in the nptech sphere understand that this non-open-source tool review is rare, so go take a gander and join the discussion in the comments! And we can't forget to highlight the fact that TechSoup 's NetSquared Mashup Challenge helps encourage, spread the news about, and fund this type of work each year.

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