Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2009

He told me that a few months ago, they'd set up a social networking hub on Ning for friends and constituents of the organization to connect with each other. I was recently talking about communications with someone from a small nonprofit. He was telling me about the organization's various forays into social media. " read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 12, 2010

—— Last year I used the metaphor of “ gardening vs landscaping &# to outline some of the key attributes I believe make for successful community building, on or offline. The basic idea: The Gardener creates an ecosystem open to change, available to new groups, and full of fresh opportunities to emerge naturally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

My friend, Manny Hernandez, founder of Tuiabetes Community and author of Ning for Dummies, let me know that today, November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Is changing your Twitter profile in support of a cause a silly click action or the first rung on ladder of engagement to get people to do something offline? What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 7, 2010

. —– I’ve talked about issues and ideas over the last year about the use of certain tools or platforms in the social technology for social impact sector, from Causes to Ideablob to Ning. But, offline, we can create community spaces that are free from advertising.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

do you think about online or offline? we mean a group being ‘led’ Community confusion: people rarely consider themselves part of communities offline. – If you use something like Ning does that platform share a part of the liability? When you think about “what is community?&# We mean people. we mean peers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. I believe it’s the future of commerce and online, offline, and app fundraising. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. I believe it’s the future of commerce and online, offline, and app fundraising. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly. Blogging: 10 Hours Weekly.

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