Remove Knowledge Remove Listserv Remove Open
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

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!"

Tech 86
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

Ning 76
article thumbnail

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?

FAQ 44
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Openness - ????A You can open an account on flickr for free (although if you get a professional account you can upload more photos) and start using it in minutes. Tagging is an open and informal method of categorizing that allows users to describe web resources with keywords. Step 7: Use Tagging To Share Resources.

Remix 50
article thumbnail

Groundswell Book Club Part 4: Customer Support

Museum 2.0

This spectator effect means that the online forums don’t just provide direct support—they create growing bodies of knowledge about products. You don't have an urgent need to know which artifacts are included in an upcoming exhibition the way you need to know how to program your garage door opener.

Support 20