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Originally posted by me on the NetSquared blog. NetSquared currently has 3 open Challenges, calling for innovators and change makers around the world to submit ideas for Web and mobile-based technologies for social change. Through a NetSquared Community vote, 10 finalists will be chosen.
One that really speaks to me is the point that “measurement helps nonprofits understand and improve their socialnetworks.” Before I worked at NTEN, I managed the NetSquared program at TechSoup Global. In the book, Beth and Katie identify a number of themes. Here’s a case study of my own!
In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." Online socialnetworking was just being born. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. " The year was 2005.
NetSquared Local Reaches 70 Groups Worldwide! NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "In the last two months, we've had 5 new NetSquared Local groups join the scene, bringing the new official number to 70 groups worldwide! Below is a list of the new groups that have just gotten started.
It could be checking in with people on a location-based socialnetwork. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. Why be in just one place when we can be in many? That might look like sharing a picture from a concert, while you are still at the concert.
Using SocialNetworks for Social Change: Facebook, MySpace and More View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: fundraising advocacy ) I was lucky enough to meet Ivan Boothe at the first (or maybe second) Netsquared Conference back in 2005 and have been following his work for years.
What happens when fundraising meets socialnetworking? Social Fundraising? Socially-Networked Fundraising? While analyzing our orchestra's "socialnetwork," I discovered that someone attended high school with Garrison Keilor. I wonder if we need a new term to describe this approach?
Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and socialnetworks that we all visit every day.
This post was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog and was written by Amy Sample Ward. Over the last few years, the NetSquared Local network (a project of TechSoup Global's) has grown from just a few groups in only a couple countries, to 70+ groups in 21+ countries! A Resource for Community Organizers.
How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different socialnetworks? How to Participate: Blog your answer to the question either on your blog or the NetSquared blog. For directions on contributing to the NetSquared blog, click here.).
Each month, the NetSquared community (a project of TechSoup Global) meets up offline at NetSquared Local events around the world to discuss ideas, meet new people, and work together to make social change. Recently, many of these NetSquared Local meetings are being streamed live on the Internet via livestream or online recording.
In particular, we are interested in the role of socialnetwork sites and receiving information about job openings." These are some links I wanted to share from April 15th. Find me on Delicious for more!
Social media brings thousands of ppl w/diabetes together at the SAME time | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org - Manny Hernandez (@askmanny on Twitter), the creator of TuDiabetes.com has shared a great case study on the NetSquared Community Blog about how they have used social media tools to bring a community together.
" I used the technique two years ago for a presentation at the first netsquared conference called " I Tag the Hand that Feeds Me " or what I should retitle "Meet Sally." " Is this the generational divide that play out in workplaces over the next 15-20 years?
The Featured Projects will be going on to the NetSquared Conference and have an opportunity to receive cash, tech and consulting resources. A Global Neighbour Network: NABUUR.com [link]. A Global Neighbour Network: NABUUR.com [link]. s Problems Through SocialNetworking Sites [link]. Congrats to the list of 21!
In the age of the socialnetwork, new sites want to be “the hub” for information/engagement and the non-profit space is no different. Influencers and organizations like NTEN and Netsquared are prime to be the leading voice in setting vision for how technology is intended to be for nonprofits.
This guest post comes from NetSquared community development manager Amy Sample Ward. An initiative of TechSoup Global, NetSquared is a global community of organizations and individuals leading the way in social change through technology. Read on and learn how to get involved. Offline, we take things local!
This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. About Net2 Think Tank: Net2 Think Tank is a monthly blogging/socialnetworking event open to. post a question or topic to the NetSquared community and participants. submit responses either on their own blogs, the NetSquared Community.
When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. SocialNetwork Fragmentation. Socialnetwork fragmentation? Socialnetworking burnout?
My guess is as we enter 2010, might we see the invention of Real Time Web fundraising events As more nonprofit explore the possibilities of location-based socialnetworks and fundraising , the distinctions between online/offline fundraising will melt away. It's real time and location based socialnetworks are also impacting advocacy.
Originally posted on the NetSquared blog. NTEN’s 09NTC just wrapped up in San Francisco and many conversations at the conference focused on social media use by nonprofits. How do you decide what kind of information or campaigns are delivered to your various community members on different socialnetworks?
Social Actions , a nonprofit organizaiton designed to make it easy for you to make a difference by connecting you with actions and opportunities from across the world and across the web. The Change the Web Challenge is open for submissions now at NetSquared.
NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – "The 3rd Digital Media and Learning Competition, from the MacArthur Foundation, is now accepting applications. Digital Media and Learning Competition: Applications now open! Thanks for all that you are doing, ARC! " My favorite lesson?
One of my jobs is as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that works to help nonprofits and NGOs use the social web for social change. If you, or someone you know, is working on a tech for social impact project, please encourage them to nominate their project for a NetSquared Innovation Fund Award.
This post was authored by Trenton DuVal, a contributing editor at NetSquared, and originally appeared on the NetSquared blog. spoke with Bryan about the changes for nonprofits coming to the socialnetwork for a post on SocialBrite. This will strengthen the connections that your organization has on the socialnetwork.
Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Age Segmentation in SocialNetworking | NetSquared – "For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your thoughts and best practices for using social media with or for a particular age group. What do you think?
Claire Sale, NetSquared. Recently, she asked me if I could share any resources for her and her friends to be able to network, learn and socialize on the internet. So, I turned that question to my friends and the NetSquared community, and got some really great responses that I'd like to share with you.
This panel will discuss realistic metrics and benchmarks any organization can use in their campaigns and ensure that your using the right strategies and tools to listen and engage your audiences on different socialnetworks. Johnson of the Advertising Research Foundation and Tara Hunt, author of the Whuffie Factor.
To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). " Check it out! " Check it out!
Thirty-year-old matin is helping to develop a new socialnetworking site for youth activists, MyBLOC.Net. Originally Posted on NetSquared. activism youth socialnetworking In it’s simplest form, Future 5000 is powerful—because you are. I just got goosebumps. Logo from Future 5000's MySpace page.
Social Media: What I Learned This Year | Millennial Marketing – Carol Phillips has a great post recapping what she learned about social media in 2009, including: "Effective use of Social Media requires enthusiasm and diligence." NonProfit 2.0 Unconference is coming to Washington, D.C., Unconference here: [link].
Nancy Schwartz invited me to submit a piece for next week's Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants theme on "Using SocialNetworking Tools." I've been experimenting quite a bit over the last 18 months way too many socialnetworking tools. How have socialnetworking tools helped spread the word about your cause?
Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended. Due to some technical glitches , you now have 48 additional hours to figure out what 5-10 of the 150 fantastic social change and technology projects at Netsquared will receive your vote. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.
The summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media question related to practice. We are in the very early stages of how nonprofits and social activists can leverage socialnetworking applications for good causes and just learning what works and what doesn't. And if you???re
SocialNetworking for Social Change According to TechCrunch , Change.org, a socialnetworking site that links volunteers to causes and voters to politicians will launch a new white-label socialnetwork for non-profits. Remember, it's not the level , but whether it is a match to your audience.
Net2 Think Tank: Online Fundraising Lessons Learned | NetSquared – "The Facebook application Causes recently announced it hit the $20 Million mark in donations. The America's Giving Challenge from Case Foundation spurred $2.1 Million in donations for charities this past winter. ."
Justin Mass went as far as to say that the move was " socialnetwork redlining.". Marshall Kirkpatrick, on ReadWrite Web , wrote a post further analyzing the situation, raising the question: Or are neither MySpace or Causes any big loss for social change organizations?
As part of Social Media September (#SocMedSep), we've been tapping into the wisdom of our global TechSoup and NetSquared communities as well as experts in nonprofit technology. Additionally, I wanted her to share how they determine which socialnetworks to use and their most successful campaigns. AP: Data is key.
This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. For the socialnetworking world to get behind this and support it would be very far-reaching." Tank is a monthly blogging/socialnetworking event open to anyone and. using social media.
Does your nonprofit have a social media policy? Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. ASHA (nonprofit) social media guidelines. Intel Social Media Guidelines. IBM Social Computing Policy. Charlene Li's Wiki of social Media Policies. How did you educate people?
But work hours aren’t necessarily the times that generate the most interesting networking opportunities for the community. I spoken with various libraries who, when they learned about the NetSquared Local program asked why they couldn’t participate – and I told them that of course they could!
I was also an early member of Netsquared Community , another one of Marnie’s brilliant ideas that rocked the field. Marnie also introduced me to social booking and tagging way back in 2004 as the originator of the NpTech Tag. 4: Identify influencers on social media spaces and cultivate them.
This post is cross-posted on my personal blog and on the NetSquared Blog. On Thursday, I attended the unconference/open space portion of SOCAP09 (Social Capital Markets 2009). One such theme that emerged is that there is a justifiable fear of the duplication of efforts.
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