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Thank You For Making The Networked Nonprofit Launch A Hit!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since this was my first ustream event, I reached out to my network for some advice. unconference on Friday morning in Washington, DC. With five minutes to go before the hour was up, we received word that 100 copies had been purchased! And I jumped! It was hard because I couldn’t read the screen. Join us at [link].

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Dear Nonprofits, Be Fearless

Care2

Michael Smith, the Director of the White House''s Social Innovation Fund , spoke to the Unconference after lunch. Michael''s advice can be applied to both nonprofits and individual social change makers. In the last couple of weeks, we were able to recap Majora Carter and Craig Newmark. Be Fearless.

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Interview with NTEN's Content Manager: Steph Routh

NTEN

I remember going to an amazing unconference led by Ash Shepherd and Amy Sample Ward a number of years ago in Portland. If you had to name one piece of advice for nonprofits about managing and creating content on their website and channels, what would you suggest? How did you first become involved with the NTEN Community?

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Nonprofit 2.0 Reflections: Sharing Practices Around Listening and Free Agents

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conference , especially the “ unconference sessions “ in Washington, DC on Friday. I participated in two unconference sessions. Getting to Know and Cultivating Free Agents: Here’s my best advice on this. I attend a lot of conferences , but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist.

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A Compass for Congress

Forum One

Back in September, Forum One was one of the sponsors of CongressCamp, an informal "barcamp" unconference here in Washington. They depend on external advice and lack a single common resource for finding (and suggesting) the best tools and practices. Hill communication folks are smart folks, but things are changing fast.

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Nonprofit Technology Meetings In Your Community

Tech Soup

Wellington, New Zealand: Engage Your Community unConference. Toronto, Canada: Social Media Surgery: Hands on social media advice & help. Toronto, Canada: Office 365 Lunch and Learn. Naples, FL: WordPress Walk-In-Clinic. Traverse City, MI: February Meetup. Saturday, February 22. Monday, February 24. Tuesday, February 25.

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Points of Entry into Podcasting for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was lots of good advice and specific recommendations (see my summary here.) And, since this is an unconference format, all we need to do is add ourselves to the agenda. As John pointed out in his talk, content is the most important - which can be a barrier. All in all, podcamp was a valuable source of knowledge exchange.

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