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Other findings include: More established forms of online communications — e-newsletters and Listservs — are regularly used by foundation CEOs at a much higher rate (65 percent and 45 percent, respectively) than the newer social media tools. What I really like is that you can compare different social channels across foundations pretty easily.
I've created a wikitation site (presentation as wiki) to house the presentation materials and for some basic primers/factsheets I hope to write. The planning wiki (very much a work in progress right now) is here. #3 We will then create a screencast, with audience participation, in the style of a cooking show. (No,
In those days, we used listservs and online discussion software, but platform matter. Freely sharing and facilitating community knowledge is part of my DNA as it for many colleagues in the nonprofit technology field. It was the free and open sharing of knowledge, insights, quick tips, and how-tos.
I've been using online wikis - documents and more recently, spreadsheet wikis for the past year. Wikis are just great for that! Some folks just aren't comfortable with using wikis yet. One colleague told me that they were allergic to wikis! I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon.
What's a wiki? Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) Its success can distort understanding of what makes a wiki work. After all, if Wikipedia could succeed as a collaborative documentation of well, everything, isn't your specific wiki bound to thrive as well? But wikis are a very specific tool.
2) Get a wiki. 3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. One which they may not is LS-TECH, the tech listserv for legal services, which is quite a large slice of the national nonprofit sector.
It wasn't in my wiki and so I just added. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Be Responsible.
Yesterday, when I got the email announcement CpSquared (The Community of Practice on Communities of Practice) about its new wiki , I went over to explore. This evolving wiki is already quite rich in useful resources and at this stage has three areas: A Communities of Practice Bibliography. Wikis for Communities of Practice conference.
I slapped a list of blogs in my wiki for me. I'll explain why in a minute) Someone posted the url to a listserv. I put on a wiki for easy maintenance and for whoever stumbles upon it and might find it useful as I believe in open content and open thinking. There's not even a description of what the blogs do.
Set up an event wiki. Wikis can take the shape of the event and its participants and range from more to less formal. If the event is offline, conduct follow-up online discussion using a simple listserve or a group collaboration tool to keep the lively discussions going. We've got a number of presentations from various events.
So he cautioned me that some of the information might not be entirely up to date that he shared on listserv including a pointer to his awesome slide show with audio. I'm so glad that Ivan is adding his presentation and wisdom to the WeAreMedia wiki! He has since started doing freelance work on his own at rootwork.org. Thanks Ivan.
The final list will be available over at the client's workspace on Omidyar, a wiki-like space. I'm using some traditional ways to research this topic: -Email to listservs -Posts on online forums -Google search. I was multi-tasking scraping the archives of some nonprofit listservs to see what else might turn up. Technology.
Out of habit, I started off doing the research in my usual ways - posts to listservs, search engine, private emails, and posts to forums. I would fill in the missing pieces and refine with chacha, serach engines, private email, or listserv queries. I got about half dozen or so pretty useful leads.
There are various channels for post-conference follow up discussion, including the listserv, IRC channel, and wiki. " I'm really interested in the discussion and thread on training and outreach for new bloggers and gonna jump right into the wiki now. Technorati Tags: globals
Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond. " I need to start organizing the various pile of UK examples that tagged and grab from various emails and listserv posts. And, then revisit and revise the outline we brainstormed via skype and wiki , and finally build a powerpoint. I have one blog post here.
NpTech Blogging, Tagging, and Wikis An excellent presentation on social media and nonprofits by Jocelyn Harmon and Qui Diaz is being discussed by Dave B. Check out the nonprofitmanagement wiki ! Lots of buzz on listservs and twitter about the MacArthur Foundation's $2 Million New Digital Media and Learning Competition.
The wiki is here and they welcome remote participation. Andy Roberts has a good roundup of advice for encouraging participation on wikis, yet another new kind of online community. Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. Sounds like it could be part of a future wiki carnival.?
Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. The visuals used on the wiki (Except for the screen captures) came from flickr photos that were licensed using the Creative Commons attibution license which means I can use them freely as long as credit the creator. Wiki Issues.
GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Might we start seeing tag called "NpTechUk" or a wiki for the UK Riders List? Now, as David Wilcox notes , the thinking outloud on this topic is circling the globe. Change the World!
They should belong to listservs, comment on community bulletin boards. There I'm thinking of things like wikis, social networking applications that allow you to eavesdrop on what your friends are doing (this is how I think of subscribing to a colleague's del.icio.us Paying attention and contributing to listservs is a part of my job.
The online group includes a listserv email archive, a library, a wiki, a group blog, and a discussion thread platform. Each CoP has space in the NTEN groups platform ([link] You can search for current CoP’s by entering “CoP” in the search bar on the upper right hand corner of your browser window. How will the CoP members interact?
Many community platforms, whether simple or complex, offer a large number of options for user interaction: user-generated content contributions, discussions, groups, wikis, blogs, real-time communication, Twitter-like updates, photo galleries, collaborative file management, etc.
High bandwidth version on screencast.com Screencast Wiki. I started my research on a listserv of practitioners for SalesForce Nonprofit version asking for case studies and examples. Add Beth's Blog: Screencasts to your page. I'm pleased to announce that the second screencast is now available. I used a hybrid of his approach.
Using a chat room to collectively take notes, or a wiki to evolve the agenda and take notes during a meeting. I posted a question on the educator listserv and there doesn't seem to be one. Co-editing WHILE discussing a document. How can we take advantage of the medium of Second Life? I keep coming back to damn virtual flip chart.
They can then go online and create a wiki to share documents and lists together, they can also create a listserve and a blog to keep everyone informed of progress and discuss strategy. Social media, interactive digital tools, are very inexpensive, and when used well are great ways to enhance, deepen and strengthen those relationships.
If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? Wikis Laura Whitehead writes about how to use a wiki as a trainer tool. NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog.
from Beth Kanter's Social Media Strategy wiki. tried turning email discussions on listservs into blog posts and opting to record conference call presentations. He uses Twitter to curate information related to his. organization's mission and work as a bipartisan advocacy organization. and budget decisions." I've also.
Many of us use listservs to get answers to our museum-related questions and find out what others are doing. Some use wikis to share their work and provide a collaborative support space for like-minded projects. There's also the opportunity to use forums and other tools for industry support.
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