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Great reads from around the web on May 28th

Amy Sample Ward

" Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right | Beth’s Blog – "The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. Today, let’s look at infographics in general – and resources to help your nonprofit get started on making your own."

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Great reads from around the web on June 11th

Amy Sample Ward

An open letter to companies planning online communities | Community Building – I love this "open letter" from Martin Reed at CommunitySpark – it touches on so many "cultural" and infrastructure needs that organizations should think about BEFORE creating an online community space. ."

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Great reads from around the web on December 8th

Amy Sample Ward

The paper will be open to comment til the end of January 2010.&#. What it takes is the intent to be part of the progress, the bravery to start an open conversation, the maturity and patience to not make it personal, and the investment in the outcomes to take it a step further.&#.

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How To: Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

Net2 Think Tank is a monthly blogging event open to anyone and is a great way to participate in an exchange of ideas. Tags: resources rss webtools howto listening net2thinktank. With your listening dashboard in place you can start monitoring what’s being said about you, your work, and your sector instantly.

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Ready, Set, Tweet!

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Okay, after reading all about Twitter , you’re finally ready to open your account. Tags: Education and Training Microblog Tools howto twitter. Here are 10 guidelines to follow from the Influential Marketing Blog. Choose as short a username as possible. Think hard about your thumbnail.

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Designing Programs to Build Community: Case Study with Charity Technology Trust

Amy Sample Ward

These words included things like: open, mutuality, learning, not “techie,&# not about CTX, knowledge sharing and storytelling (and more). In the case of CTX, the sweet spot had key words like: open. Tags: case studies resources casestudy community communitybuilding ctt howto strategy tsg. What already exists? peer to peer.

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Guest Post on Frogloop: 5 Tips for Running a Competition

Amy Sample Ward

NetSquared supports the community at the intersection of technology and social impact in a few ways, including open innovation competitions. The more information you can provide before you open your competition up for submissions, the better! Tags: case studies challenge competition frogloop guest post howto tips.

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