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Great reads from around the web on October 9th

Amy Sample Ward

"Of all the areas of life that computer and communications technology seems to be impacting the most is its influence on relationships. We began with a few goals in mind: We wanted to relationally connect people through giving, to make it fun, and in the process protect relationships from feelings of obligation. Check it out.

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Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Joanne Fritz asks the question that is probably on the minds of lots of folks in the nonprofit sector: what are we going to do in facing the current problematic economic climate? James Young, writing on Convio’s newish blog, Connection Cafe , talks about how to find, and create, influencers. What are “influencers?&#

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

In defining your target audience, too, keep the intended outcome in mind: Which people are actually in a position to act on your information? And who may be able to influence those actors in their decision-making? Subscribe to this posts comments using RSS. Easy RSS Updates with PingShot. Comment Notification. podcasting.

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Guest Post by Deanna Zandt Measure THIS! An intro to social media ROI

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's like a giant combination of influence and karma. Influence: Can you move groups of people, small or large, to take some action? There are a couple of things to keep in mind when it comes to dealing with your social capital. Find like-minded folk. Let's talk for a minute about social capital. What is it? Authenticity.

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Tagging and Communities of Practice - Reflections from KM

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

BK: I wonder how the "network" feature or "private groups" feature of delicious influences this?). These are human filters " who subscribe to the RSS feeds of a large number of sources, search queries, and other dynamic sources. What tags to use to describe items, who decides this?

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Successful Organizations On Twitter: Wellstone Action - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Clearly there is value, but it can be hard to define. I think the medium is just too fluid for that.

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . You can listen with google alerts, technorati, Twitter search, and RSS readers. There are different tools and methods that you can use to listen , including free tools like google alert, technorati, RSS readers , and even Twitter.