2012 Association International Conference

Date: May 1-3, 2012 Location: Washington DC Topic: Build and Nurture Global Online Communities Description: Is creating a global online community important to reaching and engaging with your association’s constituents or members? Are you interested in using an online tool, but have yet to try it yourself? This session will explore why several associations have chosen to [...]

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2012 PANO Annual Conference

Date: April 16-17, 2012 Location: Harrisburg, PA Topic: Using Social Media to Tell Your Story and Raise Funds Description: Is social media helping you reach your organizational goals and meet your mission? Is it even helping you raise money to support your work? This session will provide an overview of the latest research on social networking and [...]

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2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference

Date: April 4, 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Topic: Designing Online Engagement to Collaborate with Your Community Description: You can design online engagement to unleash your evangelists. In this workshop, we’ll focus on all aspects of designing high-value, engaging, and participatory content that creates a partnership with your fans. A true evangelist is moved to create, is [...]

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2012 Innogive

Date: April 2, 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Topic: At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile Description: ADisparate marketing channels complicates the life of the average NPO today. How can a non-profit today use mobile technology, social and web in a way that increases participation, ensures success and provides easier management campaign and their [...]

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Great reads from around the web on March 30th

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I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 30th). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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5 Assumptions Every Community Manager Should Make Daily

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This post is cross-published from NTEN. Read the post and join the conversation on the NTEN blog. —– Normally, I stay away from assumptions: We all know the saying about what assuming does to you and me! When it comes to managing or building communities, online or on the ground, the work can seem overwhelming [...]

March 27, 2012 6 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

World Water Day: The key to sustainability is data

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Today is World Water Day! While there are many, many organizations working on water-related issues all around the world, there’s one I want to highlight: Water for People. We know that you can’t resolve issues in your own community or another one with quick fix solutions; as social changemakers and nonprofits, we look for the [...]

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Great reads from around the web on March 21st

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I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of March 21st). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Vote for the Winners of the 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards!

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[This post is cross-posted from the NTEN blog.] With so many incredible videos submitted to this year’s contest it was no easy task, but judges in the 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards have narrowed down the field of entries to 16 finalists. Now, the YouTube community has the opportunity to get involved and cast their vote for the [...]

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