Networks & Network Tools
Resources for people interested in networks & network tools
A list of resources for people interested in building and strengthening networks.
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Created: Jun 25, 2008
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This is really a resource listing for people interested networking but it would be great to expand this into a discussion place for people interested in making it easier to create connections, visualize those connections, and share them with others using WiserEarth.
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Shee-oo-wee! This is a fantastic set of resources!!! I'm going to start checking them out right now!
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A Wiki for the Planet: Clay Shirky on Open Source Environ...
A fascinating interview with Clay Shirky on the Wired Blog about
applying ideas in his book Here Comes Everybody to social change -- in particular environmental
issues. He argues that collective act ...more
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 | added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
Idealware Social Media Resource Library
Introducing Idealware's Social Media Resource Libraryby Kaitlin LaCasseThere are a ton of resources on social media for nonprofits, but they are scattered all over the web (though, We Are Media has do ...more
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| added by angusparker 1 day ago |
The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web
I have read a lot of books over the last year that aimed to be the "go to" source for understanding and taking advantage of Social Media. Finally, one stands out. 'The New Community Rules' by Tamar ...more
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| added by angusparker 11 days ago |
Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web...
Mobilizing Generation 2.0 is a practical and immediately useful guide for nonprofits, political campaigns, organizers, and individuals who want to better understand how to use Web 2.0 technologies. In ...more
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Net Gains: A Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social...
This handbook provides
the growing number of people who are developing networks for social
change with practical advice based on the experiences of network
builders, case studies of networks small and ...more
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Working Wikily
What is Working Wikily?
“Working Wikily” is a phrase that the Monitor Institute team coined (with a little alliterative assistance from our friend Lucy Bernholz) to describe the new ways that peopl ...more
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The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism
The guide provides a wealth of information on Twitter activism.
It begins with an introduction to the platform (p. 5) and its
terminology (p. 6) and then lays out five uses of Twitter for
activists ...more
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The Starfish and the Spider
From Publishers Weekly
Brafman and Beckstrom, a pair of
Stanford M.B.A.s who have applied their business know-how to promoting
peace and economic development through decentralized networking, offer
...more
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The Four Tenets of the Community Manager
Summary
The budding Community Manager industry holds 4 tenets; these
values resonate as a common thread within the role. The include
community advocation, brand ambassadorship, online communication
s ...more
| Website |
| edited by bowo 4 months ago |
Action Notebook
Digital Habitats: stewarding technology for communities
Our Action Notebook
(Chapter 10) is a practitioner-oriented summary of the book that you
can download for free. It is couched as an “action no ...more
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| edited by angusparker 7 months ago |
The Social Pulpit: Barack Obama's Social Media Toolkit
An analysis of the how the Obama campaign used Social Media with some key media lessons including:
• Start early• Build to scale• Innovate where necessary; do everything else incrementally better• Mak ...more
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FrontlineSMS
A lack of communication can be a major
barrier for grassroots non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in
developing countries. FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system
created exclusively ...more
| Website |
| edited by angusparker 7 months ago |
Here Comes Everybody
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
is a book about what happens when people are given the tools to do
things together, without needing traditional organizational struc ...more
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| edited by angusparker 7 months ago |
Clay Shirky's Writings About the Internet
Clay Shirky’s Writings About the Internet
Economics & Culture, Media & Community, Open Source
Since discovering the net in 1993, the things I’ve spent my time
thinking through, working on, ...more
| Website |
| added by angusparker 7 months ago |
Advocacy 2.0
Welcome and Intro
From Networked Advocacy
This
is a collaborative resource. Created by activists, for activists. We
are discussing the basics of organizing loose groups of people - networks.
We en ...more
| Website |
| added by angusparker 8 months ago |
The Networked Nonprofit
Management wisdom says that nonprofits must be large and in charge to do the most good. But some of the world’s most successful organizations instead stay small, sharing their load with like-minded, l ...more
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Six ways to make Web 2.0 work
Article from the McKinsey Quarterly noting that: "Web 2.0 tools present a vast array of opportunities—for companies that know how to use them." Useful lessons that can be applied to the social sector. ...more
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Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Tec...
Right
now, your customers are writing about your products on blogs and
recutting your commercials on YouTube. They’re defining you on
Wikipedia and ganging up on you in social networking sites like
F ...more
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| added by angusparker 9 months ago |
Blogs in Plain English
| Video |
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FreeConference.com
Reservationless Conferences
Reservationless
Standard is a free telephone conferencing service that can be used
instantly and securely without the assistance of an operator. To get a
reservationless n ...more
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| edited by angusparker 10 months ago |
Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in the Dig...
As founder of one of the most influential political blogs, DailyKos, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga establishes the fundamental laws that govern today's new era of digital activism.The Sixties are over and t ...more
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| added by angusparker 11 months ago |
dotSUB - Any Video Any Language
About dotSUB
dotSUB is a browser based tool enabling subtitling of videos on the web
into and from any language. There is nothing to buy and nothing to
download. Recognizing the potential of glob ...more
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| edited by bowo about 1 year ago |
Introduction to Facebook Activism
Activism is an inherently social practice. Movements cannot succeed without good communication andeffective collaboration among activists. Just think about whether you would prefer to hand out fly ...more
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 | added by JTHESSERT about 1 year ago |
Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile U...
A series of case studies showing how mobile phones can be used for
social change.
Includes: A survey of NGO Use of mobile phones
Case
studies around: Global Health, Humanitarian Assistance, and ...more
| Website |
 | added by Miora about 1 year ago |
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits
What makes great nonprofits great?
Not large budgets. Not snazzy marketing. Not perfect management. The answer is not what you might think.
Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant spent four ye ...more
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| added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
Community Manager, Advocate, and Evangelist Facebook Group
Is your career or job to participate in online communities on behalf of an organization? Join your peers here
| Website |
| added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
Online Community Metrics
Online Community Metrics
4 Mar 2007, Bill Johnston
The
Online Community Metrics survey was initiated in February of 2007. Bill
Johnston (Forum One Communications) sent approximately 150 survey
invit ...more
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| added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
Social Networking in Plain English
| Video |
| added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
Social Media in Plain English
| Video |
| added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
| Video |
| added by angusparker about 1 year ago |
WikiPages
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Creating a Social Media Plan Webinar Recording and Resources
Click on the Files/Photos tab above for PowerPoint slides and your Social Media Plan worksheet with resources from August 26, 2009 webinar 'Creating a Social Media Plan' presented by Britt Bravo.
If ...more
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edited by lilias about 1 month ago |
Using WE Networks to Best Advantage
OK - so it's late and my head isn't as clear as I'd like - but I've got a voice urging me to 'Just Start'. So here's a start...
I'm opening this wiki page because I want to exchange ideas with you ...more
Comparison of Groupware Tools
This work has been moved to a Google Doc which you can reach here. Please contribute by editing this document. Thank you.
Top Questions:
(1) Are these the right sites to be comparing? We are looki ...more
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edited by bowo 7 months ago |
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