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Community-Driven Social Impact: Presentation, Case Studies, and Workshop

Amy Sample Ward

If your organization has the capacity to do that, there’s a great chance a good party can happen – especially if you’re willing to leave the punch and party games to the community and the natural leaders that emerge, allowing for ownership of the party’s outcome to be shared with the guests, and not just your organization. Best Practice.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

org campaign has done really well. Tags: challenge community presentation beth kanter crowds crowdsourcing netsquared nten sxsw. Criteria is really important to consider: the crowds voting = who do you want to win this; the hosts/judges/experts voting = quality, value, innovation or alignment with competition/organizational goals.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. Not sure what a Game for Change is? The ResDistricting Game involves moving the invisible district borders in every U.S. To find more like this game, check out the Super Smart Games site.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After a brief hiatus from blogging, the studio 501c blog with some great advice for nonprofits on how to explore org.20 Virtual Worlds and Video Games Ian Bogost takes some of the fun out of video games -- and replaces it with opinion with his "playable editorial cartoons." Cross posted at Netsquared

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Joe Solomon, Guest Post: What's the Right Offline Event for Your Organization's Online Community?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

org Actions " We're coordinating a distributed day of events for 24 October 2009 , uniting the world around a common call to action--and we're asking you to help. org model enables any individual or organization around the world to create and promote events ("actions") - with a call to action for a fair global climate treaty.

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TechSoup's 'Novel' Ideas: What We're Reading Now

Tech Soup

Finally, she recommends the Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur. Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's Netsquared Community Organizer and Curator. The e-book was created with sponsorship from NetSquared.

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TechSoup's 'Novel' Ideas: What We're Reading Now

Tech Soup

Finally, she recommends the Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alex Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur. Elijah van der Giessen, TechSoup's Netsquared Community Organizer and Curator. The e-book was created with sponsorship from NetSquared.

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