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• Bookmarks for November 8th through November 9th

  
  ext337 — Authority: 123
  Here’s what’s piled up in my reader: Net Tuesday Organizers Stand Up for a Web that Connects us ALL — Will YOU? | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Great — great! — note from Joe Solomon to the Net Tuesday organizers about Causes redlining MySpace. New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead ...
  15 hours ago

• My nonprofit Facebook strategy and tactics

  
  island94.org — Authority: 125
  I was asked by a colleague how to increase the size of their organization’s Facebook Fan page—not that I would consider any page I manage to be an overwhelming success. Googling around, I could only find technical advice (”install these apps”) and crappy nonexistent-advice (”You need to have a strategy.” ...
  19 hours ago

• Bookmarks for November 2nd through November 7th

  
  ext337 — Authority: 123
  Here’s what’s piled up in my reader: Social Media is the New Collaboration | CloudAve – "If you are going to measure social media, and you are finding it hard to do so, go back to how you measure the effectiveness of teams, look at the individual contributions of all the members of the group including the ...
  2 days ago

• Power & the Network: 3 Mechanisms & 1 Caveat

  
  DigiActive.org — Authority: 404
  The central question of digital activism is whether and how the digital network will redistribute political power.  It is not a new idea that networks challenge the foundations of the world’s current centralized and hierarchical power structure (see work by Mark Pesce and Yochai Benkler, among others).  What ...
  3 days ago

• Nonprofit technology starter pack

  
  Alexandra Samuel — Authority: 121
  This is the third part of a 3-part post. The first part covers collaboration on nonprofit technology , and the second part lists 9 questions to ask before starting a nonprofit technology project . Whether you’re getting started in nonprofit technology, or you’ve already created a project that has the potential ...
  3 days ago

• 9 questions to ask before starting a nonprofit technology project

  
  Alexandra Samuel — Authority: 121
  This is part two of a three-part post. Part 1 looks at the opportunity for academic collaboration with the nonprofit tech sector . Part 3 offers a starter pack of nonprofit technology resources . Many organizations with technology expertise, available volunteers or funding dollars want to help nonprofits make ...
  3 days ago

• Collaboration on nonprofit technology in academia and beyond

  
  Alexandra Samuel — Authority: 121
  I’m currently attending the International Digital Media and Arts Association’s annual conference , which primarily draws academics who work and teach in digital media. This afternoon’s panel on Innovations in Teaching/Learning: Public Service/Civil Engagement highlighted some amazing projects that are giving ...
  3 days ago

• Causes abandons 184,674 nonprofit supporters on MySpace

  
  Rootwork: Powering grassroots networks from the bottom up — Authority: 389
  This morning, the fundraising application Causes quietly shut down their presence on MySpace. In their email to administrators of Causes on MySpace, they wrote: Thank you for the work youve done on Causes on MySpace. Due to the lack of activity on MySpace, weve decided to focus our efforts on the Causes ...
  3 days ago

• Does Bing Know About Your Website?

  
  Wild Apricot Blog main feed — Authority: 534
  Google may know all about your nonprofit’s website (and your blog, and whatever social media profiles you’ve staked out on the Web), but that doesn’t guarantee that Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, will automatically index your site as well....( read more )
  4 days ago

• Twitter Cofounder Jack Dorsey On Using Twitter For Social Change

  
  NetCentric Advocacy — Authority: 117
  This is in line with the training work we have been doing on twitter for activists.  The power of Twitter comes from 3 sources for activists. The ability to instantly connect people who don’t know each other but care about an issue, event or action. (#hashtags) The ability to set up a group of trusted ...
  4 days ago

• Net2 Think Tank: How to Say Thanks

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 126
  November is full of thanks with Epic Changes TweetsGiving campaign and NTENs Member Appreciation Month , plus much more.  The end of the year holidays are also a very popular time for organizations to send messages of thanks to donors, supporters, volunteers, and their wider community.  But, what are the best ...
  5 days ago

• Blog Your Way to Hyderabad with Ashoka

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 126
  Ashoka and the Lemelson Foundation invite bloggers covering the intersection of technology, invention and social change to be the official blogger at the upcoming Tech 4 Society conference in Hyderabad, India where 100 Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows will be attending, in addition to other changemakers, to share ideas and ...
  5 days ago

• Being a Context Provider in a Data Rich World

  
  ext337 — Authority: 123
  This idea is under construction.  So please , as they say, pardon the dust.  I read Lawrence Lessig’s Against Transparency as well as the responses ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 ).  Mixed in some of Lucy Bernholz’ and then Allison Fine ’s thinking about how Lessig’s arguments apply or don’t to the ...
  6 days ago

• Social Media Best Practices for Non-Profit & Public Sector Organizations

  
  Wild Apricot Blog main feed — Authority: 534
  Jay Moonahs presentation on Social Media Best Practices for Non-Profit & Public Sector Organizations was streamed live online as part of The Canadian Institute’s recent “Managing Social Media” conference recently - but if you missed it, no worries! We’ve got the highlights right here. ...( read more )
  6 days ago

• Stuff I’ve seen November 1st through to November 2nd

  
  Podnosh Blog — Authority: 539
  These are my links for November 1st through November 2nd: Poles, Politeness and Politics in the age of Twitter « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry – “the most fatuous and maddening aspect of the press’s (perfectly understandable) fear, fascination and dread of Twitter: the insulting notion that twitterers ...
  1 week ago

• Wireless Innovation Project: Apply Today

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 128
  The Vodafone Americas Foundation is accepting applications for the second annual Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project , a competition to identify and reward the most promising advances in wireless related technologies, which can be used to solve critical problems around the globe. Proposals will be accepted through ...
  1 week ago

• Interview: Avi Kaplan, Epic Change for TweetsGiving

  
  NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org blogs — Authority: 128
  I recently had the opportunity to connect with Avi Kaplan, the Community and Events Director at Epic Change , to discuss the upcoming TweetsGiving campaign and events.  Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last years ...
  1 week ago

• Are you involved in America’s Giving Challenge?

  
  ext337 — Authority: 123
  You should be.  You can enter a cause, start a cause or support a cause.  America’s Giving Challenge started Oct 7 and runs through Nov 6 — so there is still time. From their about page : America’s Giving Challenge, also referred to as the “Giving Challenge” or just the “Challenge,” is a 30-day ...
  1 week ago

• Overheated markets are like high school

  
  Jon Stahl's Journal — Authority: 127
  Seth Godin overgeneralizes again , but usefully (emphasis mine): Any sufficiently overheated industry will eventually resemble high school. High school is filled with insecurity, social climbing, backbiting, false friends, faux achievements, high drama and not much content. Much of this insecurity comes from a ...
  1 week ago

• Bookmarks for October 29th through November 1st

  
  ext337 — Authority: 123
  Here’s what’s piled up in my reader: Lobbyists beware: judge rules metadata is public record (Ars Technica) – "As open government projects that solicit feedback from the public gain traction at the federal and local level, these types of metadata-related discoveries will become more and more common. ...
  1 week ago

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