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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rolling your own social network wrapped with your organization's branding, data, and integrated into an organizational site will provide more control. But these sites have two important limitations that give nonprofits reason to look for additional tools.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nancy observes: For one shot interactions where you cannot expect a lot of investment in learning tools or processes, the conference call (land line and/or VOIP) is still the dominant choice, but I try to include SOMETHING visual in the mix. There is a new tool called SecondTalk that lets you integrate skype with Second Life.

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Meet Nicola M. Wells: Social Media As An Online Door Knocking Campaign for Immigrant Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I quickly became integrated into the team as an Organizer for state and local rights. Though I always had a personal interest in technology and social media, I didn't know how to integrate it into my more traditional organizing portfolio. The key to our success is integrating offline and online organizing relationships.