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Make new online community members feel welcome

Forum One

I recently signed up for GovLoop (a government 2.0 social network on Ning) and promptly received a welcome message encouraging me to get involved. You've joined GovLoop - an exciting new social network community connecting the government community. Now that you're here, you may ask 'how do I get involved?' Join some groups.

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WeAreMedia: Social Networks - Build the Nonprofit Social Media Tool Box

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gartner VP recently published a report from analyst Andrea Di Maio, who says citizen social networks will complement, and may replace, some government functions.    So far that list includes the big ones like Facebook, Myspace, Ning, and LinkedIn.  And perhaps nonprofits?)

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CongressCamp: Where the Hill Meets Web 2.0

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A number of vendor applications and technologies also were presented, including act.ly , Legistalker , DataMasher , Drupal , WordPress , Democracy in Action , Joomla , Ning , GovLuv , You2Gov , GovLoop , Qik , TwitVid , Bit.ly , and GovPulse. Tags: Events Government Transparency Strategy. technologies.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Net Tuesday next week in SF is about " How Nonprofits Can Use And Build Online Social Networks ," featuring speakers from Change.org and Ning. Top Rated Resources at Kikono. Laura Quinn's resource roundups ( here , here , and here ) always resources not discovered elsewhere. What do you think?

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Forum One Staff Share OpenGov Ideas

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On January 21, 2009, the White House issued the Transparency and Open Government Memorandum. The memorandum instructed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide guidance to executive departments and agencies on implementing open government. Standing User Experience & Design Resources for Web Pilots.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Online Fundraising in a Bad Economy - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Nonprofits are facing challenging times with leaner resources. These days it takes a huge amount of staff resources and time to raise money online using social media. From asmallworld.org to facebook to any tiny niche ning community. " I dont feel nonprofits can raise much revenue from social media today.

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Stop Cyberbullying Day: Some Inspiration from the Blogosphere

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

First off, I want to thank Andy Carvin for organizing this day and the ning site and leading by example - showing us how to take an issue and integrate the use of new social media tools! After joining, post hyperlinks or review and comment on the resources of others, join the conversation. " Technorati Tags: stopcyberbullying ,

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