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Great reads from around the web on August 24th

Amy Sample Ward

Whether you’re introducing a change in ownership, new staff, policy change, technical update, or something else, community members sometimes resist change. While not scientific, the survey offers some interesting insights and we highlighted the key findings in our presentation (included in the slides below and online here).

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” Next slide, please.) So, we would be delighted to interact more with you in the future, if you need that. And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. Jeanne Bell: All right.

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” I facilitated an interactive featured session on why and how leaders should be engaged on social as well as other insiders (employees, board, and volunteers). Here’s some tips on how to write or revise a social media policy that empowers your employees. Social Media Policy: Building Good Judgement.

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Nine Ways Networked Nonprofits Use Slideshare

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2) Discover, Interactive, and Learn from Thought Leaders. We set up a group in Slideshare to share and remix our slide presentations. (4) The Red Cross used slideshare to share its social media policy and get feedback. (6) I don’t have be a networked silo! (2) 4) Create an Archive For Conference Presentations.

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They shared a slide (see above) about new models we’ll see that combine both – especially the “not invented yet.” I did an interactive master class on networked leadership and the practices of becoming a networked nonprofit for over 300 nonprofits seated at round tables as the last session of the day.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

Best Free Nonprofit Software for Donor Management Donor management software, also known as nonprofit CRMs , are solutions that allow nonprofits to store donor information, track interactions over time, identify prospective major donors, and maintain ongoing communication with supporters.

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Crowdsourcing: Community vs Crowd

Amy Sample Ward

I’m really excited and honored to be speaking today at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX, on a panel with Beth Kanter, Dave Neff, Holly Ross and Kari Saratovsky. Here are some of my thoughts going into the conversation and slides if you prefer engaging that way: Crowdsourcing for Social Change. Public voting process.

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