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Community Voice: Essential Elements and Excellent Practices

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Having a conversation with your community of stakeholders is an essential activity for nonprofits. In our session on Community Voice at NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Techology Conference, Arthur provided a case study of the LikeMinded program and how it was built based on engagement with the community. Conversation. LikeMinded.

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Networked Nonprofit in Boston: A Story of Contrasts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

to Boston for two days of book events hosted by Associated Grant Makers , Barr Foundation , Public Conversations Project , TechFoundation and Berkman Center Luncheon series. This post shares a few observations about Networked Nonprofits. Networking: Weaving Online and Offline, Strong Ties and Weak Ties.

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Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. Flickr Photo by Vaguely Artistic.

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Power and Control

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Among many insights gleaned from this week’s conference on “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” ( [link] ), one theme keeps recurring for me: the importance of grantmakers sharing power and control within broadly construed networks of collaborators in the quest for social change. Guest post from Marie Sauter. Forget control.

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How To Write A Nonprofit Mission Statement in 7 Steps (Plus 10 Great Examples)

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Conversely, what would happen to your community without your nonprofit’s presence? Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. What Is Your Impact? Lastly, think about the impact of your work. How does what you do benefit the community? What have you seen as positive results of your nonprofit’s work?

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Vote for Your Favorite Nonprofit Technology Conference Panels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place on March 17-19, 2011 in Washington, DC. I proposed two panels You Can’t Recycle Wasted Time on Social Networks and I’ve Found My Free Agent, Now What? A Unified Voice for the Nonprofit Technology Community: Possibility or Herding Cats? Please vote for it.

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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. We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista ). The best part is when the audience joins the conversation.