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Google +: The Trade Off Between Privacy Needs, Community, and Social Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On Friday, I tripped down the rabbit hole of Google + field test with many other social media early adopters and nonprofit technology (#nptech folks) who were kicking the tires. Google + is Google’s new social sharing platform. What’s really weird to me is having a #nptech circle without Holly Ross who I think is on vacation.

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My wish for Web 2.5

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Unfortunately, the nptech world hasn’t yet caught on to the “Planet&# phenomenon of the open source world (see Planet Ubuntu Women.) I think it would be very great to have a few nptech-focused “planets&# out there. I now have accounts at del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, furl, and stumbleupon. Second, is bookmarking.

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Guest Post by Steve MacLaughlin: Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They don't need to understand the latest techno widget or the nuances of StumbleUpon vs. Digg. Tags: guest blogging nptech socialnetworking. There is still a lot of hyper-hype, but the opportunity and potential is very real. The First Step Get a champion in the organization. Who's your champion? Find one now before Part 1 begins.

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The Perils of Popularity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In thinking about the evolution of social networks and having been deeply steeped in Object-Based Social Networks like those on flickr and, of course, the NpTech Tag, I am wondering about methods for aggregating resources discovered via Facebook from friends. " That's why the article grabbed my attention.

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6 Takeaways From ShareThis’ Study on Social Sharing

NetWits

Interesting to me, though, is that “Other&# (which includes blogging, StumbleUpon & Digg ) and Twitter –mostly open networks–have higher average clicks than private networking tools Facebook and email, at 5.3 Takeaway: While Facebook is important for inclusion, it is not the end-all, be-all of social sharing.

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Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Its definitely worth mentioning in this post.