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Online Community Organizing: Start small, think big!

Amy Sample Ward

As many of you know, before joining NTEN as the Membership Director last year, I managed the NetSquared program which included locally-organized groups around the world, innovation challenges, and more. The other interviews include Sylwia Presley from Gobal Voices , and Claire Sale from NetSquared. I definitely recommend them both!

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5 Assumptions Every Community Manager Should Make Daily

Amy Sample Ward

This post is cross-published from NTEN. Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. Thank her for speaking up and sharing her comment/question/concern, point them in the right direction for more information and resources, and offer to speak with her directly offline (or at least off the comment thread) about the topic.

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Top Nonprofit Blogs to Bookmark Today

The Modern Nonprofit

THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. If you’re not afraid of getting into the nitty-gritty of network building, both online and offline, this is the blog for you. NTEN CONNECT BLOG. The NTEN Connect blog is a community-sourced publication offering first-hand advice from professionals in the nonprofit tech industry.

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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. Voice over IP phones are probably the most important (and least utilized) technology for that purpose. And when you're offline, you have access to all the Box documents because the documents cache offline." We currently use Google Voice for this. Image 1: NTEN.

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Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

I shared results from the newest eNonprofit Benchmarks Study from NTEN and M+R Strategic Services. Offline and Direct Mail – be sure to segment your list by folks who would have just received something from you in the mail, some times it works to do messages in tandem, and some times it just doesn’t.

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Getting meta: Why the #CommBuild chats have evolved for three years and counting

NTEN

Occasionally we connect throughout the week via the NTEN community platform , and of course, there are other spaces for community organizers and online community managers on Facebook, Google Plus, and other sites. Our goal to build out this vibrant network, to hear from and build leadership among many more voices and perspectives.

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Getting meta: Why the #CommBuild chats have evolved for three years and counting

NTEN

Occasionally we connect throughout the week via the NTEN community platform , and of course, there are other spaces for community organizers and online community managers on Facebook, Google Plus, and other sites. Our goal to build out this vibrant network, to hear from and build leadership among many more voices and perspectives.