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The Zoetica Salon: A Peer Learning Community for Nonprofits and Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Freely sharing and facilitating community knowledge is part of my DNA as it for many colleagues in the nonprofit technology field. In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter. It was the free and open sharing of knowledge, insights, quick tips, and how-tos. Photo by Dkurpaptwa.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

Technology is the unintuitive phone system, the frustrating donor management system, the computer that blue screens every time it has more than three windows open. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) The case goes like this: We want to provide knowledge and expertise. is going end-of-life!"

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NTEN Communities of Practice FAQ

NTEN

They are open to NTEN members and non-members alike and center on themes that reflect both a specific programmatic focus and an ongoing opportunity for growth. No, CoP’s are open to both NTEN members and non-members alike. NTEN is open to various configurations of group leadership. How will the CoP members interact?

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Nonprofits Using Ning: An Interview with Community Media Workshop and Best Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ning, which lets you set up your own custom social network, has attracted attention for its ability to create communities that are more functional than those created through competing services from Google and Yahoo listservs. But many nonprofits are using Ning for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and learning. All about the Forums.

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Finding the Best People: Strategies for Effective IT Hiring

NTEN

Remember to include both hard skills (specific knowledge and technical qualifications) and soft skills (behavioral characteristics, personality traits, and attributes of work style). Now it is time to translate that vision into reality. First, consider what specific skills and competencies will be required for success in the role.

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ExhibitFiles: Interviews with Initiators Jim Spadaccini and Wendy Pollock

Museum 2.0

The artifacts are reaccessioned, the labels (hopefully) recycled, but what happens to the knowledge? Well, if we can come up with an open structure where anyone who works at any level of the process could share that process-that would be very unique and add very high value. What happens to an exhibit when it closes?

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

And I think also I’ve seen a more openness with certain types of funders who are interested in supporting organizations and providing those unrestricted funds because they realize that there’s a lot of recording burdens. And I think another important component is knowledge. Is it a different, selected opportunity?

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