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19 Free Webinars for Nonprofits - November 2009

Wild Apricot

Last month's list of free webinars for nonprofits was so well received, we're doing it again! Here are 19 free online training opportunities of interest to associations, charities, and other not-for-profit organizations -- on topics from software and social media, to management, fundraising, and more.( read more ).

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Best Practices for Contest Campaigns: AGC Lessons Learned

Wild Apricot

Results of a detailed evaluation of the 2009 America’s Giving Challenge competition have been released in the “must-read” 2009 AGC Assessment and Reflection Report. The best part? Lessons learned can be replicated by other non-profits, both for contest campaigns and for general social media outreach.( read more ).

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How to Find (and Map) Local People on Twitter

Wild Apricot

In June 2009, Nielsen reported nearly 21 million unique visitors to Twitter.com. How can a small nonprofit organization, with limited time and resources for social media, find the right people to connect with in that microblogging crowd? Try your TPS.( read more ). Social networking Twitter maps application search social media.

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Can MySpace Make a Comeback?

Wild Apricot

Facebook and Twitter took over as social media centers in 2009, while MySpace faded fast - but don't count MySpace down and out yet! This summer, it's getting a major makeover with a new "content discovery" focus. In fact, the changes at MySpace have already started.( read more ).

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AMC-Managed Organizations are More Stable than Standalone Organizations

This paper seeks to answer that question through the results of a study examining the rates of change in the length of chief staff executive tenure and changes in office locations of membership-based organizations between 2009 and 2015. Download it now to uncover the surprising results!

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Focus in a Distracted Era

Spark Consulting

As I wrote back in 2009: The thing about being “on” all the time is that it can seriously interfere both with our actual face-to-face relationships (and our ability to form and nurture them) and with our ability to really *think* about stuff.

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The Rise (and Fall) of Twitter

Spark Consulting

I recently came upon a series of posts about Twitter from the fall of 2009, starting with Forget the “How” – Worry about the “Why” , reminding readers that if you don’t know why you’re doing something, any amount of effort required for the how is too much.