Wild Apricot

APRIL 22, 2010

Recent changes in Ning’s business model (see News & Views About Change for updates) have Network Creators wondering whether to pay to keep hosting their online communities on the Ning platform, or to start looking at alternatives. Back in 2008, founder Marc.( read more ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2007

Slide Share Show, " Putting the U in YouTube " although geared for higher education institutions provides some really good practical marketing tips for social networking sites that should be useful for nonprofits too. The Seattle's Net Tuesday Group has just launched a social networking site on ning. NetSquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Note from Beth: As visiting scholar at the Packard Foundation, I'm connecting with other people who are studying and learning about how networks work. A lot of the ideas resonate with using online social networks and social media effectively for nonprofits, especially in the larger frame of movement building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Here's Steve Wright modeling his ). Just A Few Good Resources Plucked from the NpTech Tag Stream and Kikino. We are all photographers now , Steve Bridger's excellent post about nonprofits and social web photosharing.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue. " Tags: roundup bestpractice bookmarks campaigning community list lists nonprofits nptech organizing postalicious resources socialmedia sxsw tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

Blood and Milk » Blog Archive » Ushahidi, Twitter, and the future of foreign aid – Alanna's post is a great example of the power of networks, social media, and open systems. As she notes, her example has luck but it is an example of a growing model of a changing world. What do you think? Great slides.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

"There are a lot of new technologies which already affect news consumption and future business models. This article will survey social networking, and then show you how you can get the most benefit out of it for your nonprofit organization. Tags: roundup bookmarks. You can add to the conversation in the comments, too.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2010

In a one-hour presentation, Jessica took on the daunting task of convincing a room full of people trying to start and grow nonprofits to consider a no-budget model. (Jessica is also a Nonprofit Commons member and NetSquared Local organizer.) She started with a simple question: What do you need to start an organization?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2011

I “met&# virtually Chris first through the NpTech Tag in 2007 and he kindly helped me clean up an RSS mess. Watching Chris model visual facilitation was inspiring. Working with the Meedan and their creative development process was refreshing. Chris is the Director of User Experience for Meedan.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

But today's technologies have the potential to go much further -- the potential for "constructive disruption" that enables social mission organizations to achieve dramatically greater impact. New Models of Social Change. Nonprofits are also seeking to effectively use these powerful tools for social change.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

But today's technologies have the potential to go much further -- the potential for "constructive disruption" that enables social mission organizations to achieve dramatically greater impact. New Models of Social Change. Nonprofits are also seeking to effectively use these powerful tools for social change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

A few weeks ago, HandsOn Network launched The Good & Ready Campaign that leverages interactive technologies and social networking to support their partners, The American Red Cross , Ready.gov and FLASH by recruiting, inspiring and mobilizing volunteers in support of their goals for September, National Emergency Preparedness Month.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2009

This sustainable model has been in progress for over two years with measurable success. Tags: Social Networking Networks Telecom Services Digital Divide Services Connecting to the Internet.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2009

John Haydon and Chris Garrett gave a terrific presentation, outlining how to get started using social media and how to fundraise with your supporters in these new tools. They gave some great tips, useful models and examples of nonprofits that have successfully raised money for their causes, and some sage advice about how to jump right in.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. While the idea of giving away a non-profit model itself isn’t new, KaBOOM! s current offline business model hasn’t transferred to the online environment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

It helped me clarify some fuzzy thoughts about social networking, pattern analysis, and information overload. Rashmi illustrates how social networks have and are evolving over the past five years from the perspective of an information architect/interaction designer/cognitive psychologist. A community tag stream.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Whether you are already using Facebook for your organization or not, this is a good place to go to learn more about how to use the social networking platform to it's fullest. Seth's Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading – Seth Godin shares a list of rules for those times you develop an idea worth spreading.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As we were singing happy birthday, I realized that Harry is growing up with having social networks and generosity in his life. This is not limited to external trends, but we're trying to model philanthropic behavior in this house. Tags: america giving challenge.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2010

This method can make it difficult to change the actual outcome of the social problem they're aiming to solve because those silos and processes end up acting like a firewall to actually block a lot of progress.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Online social networking was just being born. The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 Social Networking Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2009

Those involved in online community development for-profits and nonprofits alike share many common challenges: community management, tools, marketing, business models, legal issues, and more. Tags: Online Activism Online Recruitment Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

In that model, O'Reilly said, "The only real citizen participation happens when something goes wrong. Suddenly, many opportunities open for new and better government services without the usual price tag. Tim O'Reilly painted a breathtaking picture of the future of government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. 4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them. Example: Northern California ACLU social network analysis of their followers on Twitter. Connecting With New Colleagues.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

section about the genocide in Darfur, which includes information about direct action, as well as connection to a variety of social networks, blogs, and content about the situation. This is what has made MoveOn so successful, and a powerful model for museum exhibit/program designers who want to inspire action.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

There were simply some assumptions I had made in setting up our data model that were true and valid in 2006 that no longer apply. There will be some hard decisions as we figure out how to get existing data into the new Common Ground model. Tags: Geek Posts Common Ground Convio database nptech Salesforce.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 23, 2009

There were simply some assumptions I had made in setting up our data model that were true and valid in 2006 that no longer apply. There will be some hard decisions as we figure out how to get existing data into the new Common Ground model. Tags: Nonprofit Salesforce Common Ground Convio database nptech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 2, 2010

At all three levels of network, and across the formal/informal dimension, leaders need to learn to leverage technology. Social media in its many forms – blogs, Twitter, social networking sites, wikis, etc. – can strengthen existing networks as well as stimulate new networks. Please share your ideas!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2010

There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways. Some were social change leaders who leverage volunteers; others were administrators who recruit volunteers as their sole function – often at a large nonprofits or national service organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. Where does it surpass the traditional advertising model? Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! but is happening around the country by various individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 3, 2009

A Day in the Life of @Starfocus At Work by Michael Sola Who is this social butterfly? At barely a quarter of a century this remarkable dare I say trend setting young woman has become a role model, an example of how to connect and interact with legions of people in all walks of life. But who is she really?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

This brave new world of touchscreens, aggregated data, and pastel AJAX-based social networking sites, is partly. is becoming old faster; your familiarity of the popular social networking. using your favorite search engine or a community tagging site. A logic model can only go. if not free) technologies.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Here at Network for Good, where we process donations for over 10,000 nonprofit websites and serve as the engine for many social networks (like Causes on Facebook), we see similar renewal rates -- but important differences depending on where donors give online. Let's turn the responsibility back on ourselves. Probably not.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Essentially, nonprofits have been advertising Facebook to untold millions for free helping it become the powerhouse that it is today – the largest, most active social networking website on the Web. Tags: Facebook ROI (Return on Investment) Social Media. It’s time for them to give back.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . The first time open-ended, playful like being on a social network. This is the way I've described the Nptech Tagging community and other ad-hoc communities where people come ogether first through social media tools.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In the absence of social media compliance and regulatory standards, social networking technologies face increased scrutiny in both the government and commercial sectors. While many government leaders and corporate executives recognize the ability for social media to enable organizations to ?tap

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2010

Care2 has a social media tracker tool that can analyze your list to see who is on social networks and how many friends. Scan Social Networks for Free Agents. When social media isn’t successful, it is because they skipped this. Tags: Conferences Free Agent Listening nonprofit20 np20.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

It strikes me that this a fantastic model for professional development 2.0 Tags: listening online communities. The Twitter accounts from a small group of gurus/practitioners in online community management. Exportable OPML feeds for all blogs and hot posts.

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