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Notes from 10NTC Community Call - Agenda!

NTEN

Sessions on engaging volunteers, and on using SM for education/outreach rather then just fundraising or talking about your org. For instance, in legal aid orgs, programs are collaborating with courts and libraries to build self help centers using document assembly software. Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN.

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Guest Post by Laura Norvig: Friendfeed As Nonprofit Technology Water Cooler

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I dropped in on the weekly NTEN Water Cooler chat hosted by Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer of SocialFish. If you’ve created a listening strategy, whether it’s a vanity search on yourself or your org, or topics that you monitor, you can bring ALL of your listening into ONE place (see my slideshow for more tips on this).

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

The Library Society of the World is one I use frequently. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. They used Basecamp to bring together all of the Training Officers at each State Commission throughout the country. Some are medium sized and open, but still centered around a discipline. Further reading: http :// www.

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And the Winner(s) of the Social Media Library Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Earlier this month, I participated in a social media library giveaway organized by Steve Cunningham , who like me, loves books. For the social media library giveaway I asked folks to leave a comment on how they would use the books to shape their 2010 social media strategy. and externally (with all of your fine readers!). .

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Social Media For Social Good: Follow Up

Connection Cafe

Q: Should nonprofits have organizational Twitter accounts, or should employees keep their own personal accounts to tweet about the org & engage in conversation? There is also a generic organization one - but a lot of NTEN conversations happen through Holly and other staff. Emily : This depends. Here's my roundup of Twitter advice.

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NpTechTag Summary: Happy Thanksgiving and Geeky Gobble Gobble

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Thanksgiving Season ushers in the holiday giving season and the NTEN blog offers a sound off about the state of online fundraising. Tagging " Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy " has been making the rounds on various nonprofit technology lists, particularly in the library and museum communities.

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