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The Zoetica Salon: A Peer Learning Community for Nonprofits and Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the years, I’ve participated in and started many nptech online sandboxes , small online learning cohorts and wiki projects to explore best practices in nonprofit technology hosted on many different platforms and in collaboration with many different organizations. There is an added benefit to learning communities.

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Are you a digital curator, packrat, editor, or snacker?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm thinking a lot lately about tagging communities (NpTech Tag), information coping skills, and distributed and disperse nature of networked/connected knowledge sharing. Curators don't need to necessarily be trained in cutting, but in knowing where and how to unearth those special high-quality "finds" and to make them presentable.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

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The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. Larger corporations have training departments and a multi-prong syllabus. Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. What to do?

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Finding the Best People: Strategies for Effective IT Hiring

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What ongoing training and support systems are required to maximize the efficient use of these systems? A flexible work schedule, increased vacation days, or professional development and training opportunities can make your compensation package more appealing than that of a competitor. Screening Candidates.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. Maybe we need an NPtech History Archive ? Online Organizing, Online Communities, and Social Networking New Organizing Institute conducted a jam-packed three-day training for nonprofits on online organizing and technology.

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Marnie Webb On Nonprofit Blogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. Typically, by training and inclination, I'm not all about spouting off on what "should" be done. Paying attention and contributing to listservs is a part of my job. Technorati Tags: nptech, bloggerview, nonprofit,

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A. Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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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) All of these tools are cheap and easy to use.