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Networked Nonprofit: Get the book!
Beth Kanter and Allison Fine's book, The Networked Nonprofit, is now out and starting lots of conversations. But what's everyone talking about? Below I've shared some excerpts and resources to get you started and ready to join in!
Getting Started
Let's start at the beginning: what is a "networked nonprofit" anyway? As Beth and Allison explain:
Net2 Recommends - July's Interesting Posts From Around The Web
Net2 Recommends is a monthly series of news and blog posts from around the web that the NetSquared team recommend. It is a round-up of items that caught our eye that we want to share with you.
Web activism conference: dotActivist
Turnfront is organising a conference on using the web for activism on 7th August in London.
It will have a mixture of presentations from activists and technologists, along with time for more open conversations between the participants. The talks will cover activist video, open source social media, hi-tech direct action and online democracy (to name a few).
You can register at: http://turnfront.com/dotactivist
Announcement: Site Maintenance
In order to update our website and provide you with some new functionality, the NetSquared site will be down intermittantly between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Pacific Time both today and tomorrow.
If you have any questions, you can contact us via email or Twitter.
Upcoming Do-gooder Tech Events: Find a few, Share a few
Recently, Mashable posted a list of upcoming social media and technology events, which got me thinking about the must-attend events for techie do-gooders! I did a bit of research and here are a few that caught my eye:
TechSoup Webinar: Tour GrantStation - Your Fast Track to Fundraising
Join Cynthia M. Adams for a free webinar that offers a short tour of the GrantStation website. Learn how to use the tools that GrantStation provides to help you identify the right grantmaker for any program or project.
If you're interested in learning more about GrantStation before the TechSoup special offer on August 17 and 18, this tour will help you understand whether it's the right tool for your organization and how to get started.
List of Digital Marketing Tools & 10 Step Social Media Assessment
As part of my recent transition from my digital marketing/social media job to the nonprofit sector, I decided to put together a list of digital marketing/social media tools and a 10 step social media assessment for nonprofits to keep my brain working in high gear. I had found that a lot of the "top social media tools" type lists that you can come across online often seem to be either way too high level, listing tools that everyone already knows about, or they list very specific tools that may not be useful for the majority of organizations.
Wireless Access for Health Project Works to Improve Public Health Care in the Philippines
On June 22nd and 23rd Wireless Access for Health (WAH) announced the results of its first year piliot project at public events in Moncada and Makati, Philippines.
WAH is a broad public-private partnership in the Philippines that has succeeded in enhancing a locally developed electronic medical record system and introducing it into four rural health units in four different municipalities in Tarlac Province, Luzon. The enhanced system is capable of generating and transmitting all 23 reports required for the Philippine Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS) over the SMART 3G mobile phone network.
Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Age Segmentation in Social Networking
For this month's Net2 Think Tank, we asked you to share your thoughts and best practices for reaching a particular age group online. We are hoping to understand what tools or practices appeal to different age groups and how organizations can best target their online efforts to those audiences. This round-up is a summary of the responses we received from the community and it will hopefully serve to help you re-think the ways that you're targeting your limited audience.
We invite you to provide technical Assistance on Community Radio initiative in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication considers community radio as a special area for intervention. We have been promoting advocacy with the government in relation to community radio with other organizations since its emergence from 2000.
The objective of BNNRC 's Community Radio intervention is to address crucial social issues at community level, such as poverty and social exclusion, empower marginalized rural groups and catalyze democratic processes and on going development efforts.
TechSoup Webinar: Business Planning for Nonprofits and Libraries
Have you dreamt up a great program for generating new revenue streams or providing new services at your organization, but you don’t know how to implement your idea and build support for it? If you answered “yes!” this webinar can help.
NetSquared Local Organizer Spotlight: Mike Baldwin from Lafayette, LA
Every month, the NetSquared Community comes together offline at NetSquared Local events around the world to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate to help the local community. Our local organizers are volunteers dedicated to helping create local opportunities for learning, sharing and using technology to make a difference. In this Organizer Spotlight series we bring you interviews with organizers from around the world.
We're happy to introduce: Mike Baldwin!
TechSoup Webinar: Tips and Tools for Technology Planning
You’ve heard that a technology plan can help you budget and better plan for future technology acquisitions, but with everything else you do all day, who has the time? Come to this TechSoup and WebJunction presentation where we’ll share tips, tools, and tales from folks who’ve crafted their own tech plans without too much discomfort.
In this webinar, you’ll:
NetSquared Local Organizer Spotlight: Gordon Dymowski from Chicago, IL
Every month, the NetSquared Community comes together offline at NetSquared Local events around the world to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate to help the local community. Our local organizers are volunteers dedicated to helping create local opportunities for learning, sharing and using technology to make a difference. In this Organizer Spotlight series we bring you interviews with organizers from around the world.
We're happy to introduce: Gordon Dymowski!
Camps Pilot Notes from the Field: Reflections
On April 22, Billy announced the launch of the NetSquared Camps Pilot. During each of the 8 weeks since then, Amy has been reporting using the camp-notes tag here on the blog about the progress, lessons learned, and questions that have arisen as part of the pilot.
NetSquared Campfire Paris - Event Recap
The Paris Campfire, one in a series of NetSquared Camp pilot events, was a great success! The unconference, held on June 26, brought together those interested in the field of social innovation to discuss the meaning, ideas and initiatives that are the driving force for social innovation. The lead organizer, Camilla Burg, provides a great overview of the event below:
Register for NetSquared Camp Vancouver
Date: Saturday, August 14
Time: 9:00 am – 4:00pm
Location: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street
Cost: By donation!
Net2 Think Tank: Age Segmentation in Social Networking
In the early years of social networking, people thought it was just for kids. As the field has matured, however, that notion has changed and many sites have successfully targeted themselves towards particular age or demographic groups. From mommy blogging to the new AARP community, age segmentation can create a new level of participation, functionality, transparency, and interest. This month's Net2 Think Tank asks you to share your thoughts and best practices for using social media with or for a particular age group.
Camps Pilot notes from the Field: Week 8
Last week saw events in Portland, Paris and North Carolina: the Camps Pilot is 4 events down, 2 to go! The original plan with these Notes from the Field was to share emerging questions and lessons on the blog in real time over the 8 weeks of event planning alongside the organizers. But, as there are still two more events to happen and much more evaluation and thinking about the pilot, I'm sure this will not be the end of the posts! (If you haven't been following these weekly notes, you can catch them all with the Camps-Notes tag.)
