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Strategies For Nonprofit Empowerment

Bloomerang

If you both wear your organization name tags, it sparks lots of conversations about board service and your mission and programs. Organize team-building activities, social events, and informal gatherings where board members can relax and bond. Drop it in the comments below! Have fun with them All work and no play?

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Great reads from around the web on September 13th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. The Desert of Community Building | Geoff Livingston's Blog – "One of the most crystallizing moments of my online career was when Ike Pigott said social media was an organic process.

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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

When I say “give permission,&# in this post, I’m really saying that you should balance the herding and collecting of the community with the encouragement and empowerment for the community to go wherever it wants with your message or information. Join the conversation on the SSIR blog or share your ideas in the comments below.

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What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week’s case study about how the Students for Free Tibet vets participation generated some great responses and advice in the comments from Wendy Harman , Red Cross and Stacey Monk , Epic Change, both veterans of online fundraising and voting contests. Will the contest provide a meaningful opportunity for stakeholder empowerment?

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. Share your thoughts in a blog post of your own, in the comments below, or on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog. Do you have ideas or feelings about the questions above?

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. Share your thoughts in a blog post of your own, in the comments below, or on the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog. Do you have ideas or feelings about the questions above?

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The 45 Social by Social Propositions

Amy Sample Ward

Let us know what you think by leaving comments below. Empowerment is unconditional. It’s always better to build too little than too much. Build it and they may well not come. Build relationships and they probably will. Most people will just listen and view, and maybe comment. People want control.

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