Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

As someone that has helped others to create, and has created many networks on the Ning platform, yesterday’s news that the company would be dropping 40% of it’s staff and dropping the free service was incredibly alarming. We will phase out our free service. [ Read the full letter here. ]. And I see it working.

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Forum One

APRIL 22, 2010

Ning , the leading free social media platform provider has recently lost not only its CEO, but also about 40 percent of its workforce. Freshly-appointed CEO Jason Rosenthal posted last week , Ning will now "double down on our premium services business." We will phase out our free service." Go forth, and socialize!

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

This technology selection and implementation phase can be daunting and complex. There are plenty of options ( Google Sites , Ning , and GroupSite , to name a few) that allow you to host discussions and share documents with groups of people relatively easily. Here are a few guidelines to help you along: Do a few things well.

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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. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Niche Networks and Early Adoption (Instagram, Tumblr, Ning, Change.org, Care2, Wiser Earth, BlackPlanet, Quepasa, New Myspace): 5-10 Hours Weekly. Facebook Community Pages as discussed in the book have been phased out. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 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. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly. Flickr and Pinterest: 5 Hours Weekly. LinkedIn: 5 Hours Weekly.

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