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OCTOBER 10, 2008

Here's my contribution to this month's Net2ThinkTank question posed by Amy Sample Ward, "What are the key questions nonprofit orgs should ask to help them determine how to prioritize social media training and experimentation as they do their technology and organization-strengthening planning?" Cross-posted from NetSquared.

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JANUARY 19, 2007

Bev Traynor builds on the list here and reflects on how it isn't quite a yes or not question. Comment, Blog it, tag it NpTech, and/or start a blog over at the Netsquared site. Good article from the New York Times about widgets, " Some Bling for Your Blog " and a post on the Yahoo Blog about social media meets fundraising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. weeks using her food blog and an online auction.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Steve Bridger posted a pointer over at Netsquared to his thoughts on "Buzz Director." This leaves me some questions. Recently, my friends on the other side of the pond were talking about what skills sets/job roles nonprofits need in-house to take advantage of social media strategies ( here , here , and here ).

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NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 " She points to an interesting web widget from SunLight Labs which adds mini-profiles with links to Member of Congress to your blog or web page when you mouseover the link.

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OCTOBER 6, 2007

The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?" I don't even know what it is, but she also posted the question with more details on her blog. " from Marnie Webb. Is Facebook becoming the default front end for nonprofits?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

I’d like to extend my thanks to Emily and Beth for participating, and to all of the audience for your good, insightful questions. Beth : That is a question that is not easy to answer in a couple of sentences because there are so many "it depends" variations. If you missed it, you can register to receive the recording at [link].

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OCTOBER 19, 2007

And, the networking was good, but the best part was the opportunity to ask Jeremiah a few clarifying questions to his face! There's also a lot of talk in the nonprofit blog space prompted by a recent Netsquared ThinkTank and some great thinking on the topic, particularly by Wendy Harmon of the Red Cross, mostly focused on ROI.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. Wikis, Widgets and Social Networking Do you think there are too many freaking widgets ?

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