Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers
Last month, at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference, I had the opportunity to run the Community-Driven Social Impact game in a session workshop. The room was full, and participants came up with...
View ArticleCollaborative Technologies for Social Impact: How Survivors Connect leverages...
I originally wrote this feature for the World Pulse magazine. Due to space restrictions, unfortunately, it will not be included in the upcoming issue. I didn’t want the spotlight to go dark on Aashika...
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Crowdsourcing vs Community-sourcing: What’s the difference and the opportunity?
Last week I presented for my second time with Nonprofit Webinars. The first time I focused on DIY Community Engagement Metrics and shared lots of templates and examples. This time around, my topic was...
View ArticleCase Study from Stories of Our City: Using Qriously to get feedback from the...
Qriously is a new application that puts questions you ask out to the world (or country, region, etc.) through replacing mobile ad space. I’ve played around with it and absolutely loved it! So much so,...
View ArticleCommunity Building begins with Community Organizing
Yesterday, I had a very fun time presenting with my friend and colleague Debra Askanase at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. We focused on principles for community building and...
View ArticleObservations and Reflections on #TakeBackThePink
On January 31st, the social web erupted with status updates, images, and more in response to the Associated Press report that the Susan G. Komen Foundation had decided to de-fund breast health...
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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for...
If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s...
View ArticleUnlock Fans While Engaging Supporters Beyond Like, Share and Comment
The mystery of creating real impact using Facebook has eluded many organizations for years now. There are examples of organizations succeeding with a certain campaign but when the campaign is over,...
View ArticleSlideshare and Pinterest for Nonprofits
I’m a monthly guest on Tony Martignetti’s Nonprofit Radio (which you already know because you’re a subscriber, right?) and on this last episode we talked about two popular tools: Slideshare and...
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