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Are You Going To Adopt Google+ for Professional Learning/Networking? Why or Why Not?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What is interesting to me is the public/personal sharing options as Dave Gray shared in this post. This diagram is great, but in real life my own networks are blurry between personal, professional, and public sharing and learning. What ever platform you are on, there are best practices for using social networks for professional learning.

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Reflection and Analysis: Gnomedex Real-Time Social Fundraising Experiment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been a little shell shocked for the past few days, but wanted to share this reflection and analysis of the Gnomedex fundraising experiment. The secret sauce to success for nonprofits and social media is reflecting in action. A= Action M0= Monitor RE= Reflection on results - rinse and repeat. It's the network, stupid!

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. I like the way that Allison Fine reflected on this question last week. When will we see a Network for Good for text fundraising campaigns? Maybe I'm jaded. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment. Slope of Enlightenment. Plateau of Productivity.

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Measure the Impact, Not the Influence

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She pointed to this video from Chris Brogan about overnight success - and how important it is to focus on the results of the work, not the hype or number of Twitter followers. Learning Loops from the Networked Nonprofit. The chapter is called learning loops is about tracking and reflection. how many followers do we have?

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Things We Like (July 2010)

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Because it reflects poorly on our productivity vis-a-vis yours, smarty pants.) The Networked Nonprofit , Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. You've avoided the hype thus far. If you haven't seen the "Double Rainbow" spin-offs, you should check them out right now. You don't know about " Double Rainbow "? So, congrats!

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: The long anticipated social network site for social change, Jumo , launched. As the platform matures , we’ll get a better sense of the power and potential of this network that lets people find, connect, and support social change organizations and issues. Is Jumo Worth The Hype? So What and Who Cares.

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now, this post comes bubbling up from my network and it is exactly what I want to chew on. People adopt Facebook for some personal motivation: to stay connected with an online network of interesting people, let's say. Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles. tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube?

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