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Ventureneer and Caliber gathered data from 891 nonprofits to learn what's working and what's not, and to develop “best practices” for social media marketing. The results are detailed in a 44-page report, "Nonprofits and Social Media: It Ain't Optional," that's free to download and CC-licensed to share.( read more ). Tags: association marketing Best practices case studies Marketing nonprofit non-profit Non-profit technology nptech online community research social media Social networking.
Yesterday Chris Brogan sent out an email and published a blog post announcing a new membership group, 501 Mission Place. The “501” in the subject heading caught my eye. Sure enough, it’s an online community for those who run nonprofits. 501, a term that resonates with any nonprofit professional, is the section in the Internal Revenue Code covering tax-exempt nonprofit organizations.
Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business
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skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, November 30, 2010. What Associations Can Learn from the Reinvention Summit 2010. We can dance if we want to. We can leave your friends behind. Cause your friends dont dance and if they dont dance. Well theyre no friends of mine. I say, we can go where we want to. A place where they will never find. And we can act like we come from out of this world.
Yesterday's Twitter chat for associations (#assnchat) focused on volunteer recognition and appreciation. It was encouraging to see all the great ideas participants had for this important topic, but somewhat discouraging to realize how few organizations seem to have a comprehensive, systematic approach to volunteer development. Answer me this: would any credible, successful HR professional manage paid staff the way volunteers are managed in your organization?
Yesterday's Twitter chat for associations (#assnchat) focused on volunteer recognition and appreciation. It was encouraging to see all the great ideas participants had for this important topic, but somewhat discouraging to realize how few organizations seem to have a comprehensive, systematic approach to volunteer development. Answer me this: would any credible, successful HR professional manage paid staff the way volunteers are managed in your organization?
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skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Association Subculture Salute to the Blogosphere Thankfest 2010. "See Lainie, this is all we need. A couple of smokes, a cup of coffee and a little bit of conversation. You and me and five bucks.". Its been a while since the movie Reality Bites hit the screens but it still holds a special place in the hearts of many a Gen Xer like me.
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skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Guest Post - Open Community - Citizens Vs Members. I’m taking part in the virtual book tour Maddie Grant [on Twitter @maddiegrant] and Lindy Dreyer [On Twitter @lindydreyer] are doing to explore concepts from Open Community: a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web.
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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
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