Social media used to be all about assumptions: Who is online, what they are doing, how much they love you, whether or not your content resonates. When nonprofits and companies began rapidly adopting social media in the late 2000s, activities were based on assumptions and experimental ideas. Fast forward five years, and we now have at our disposal some solid measurement and data collection software systems, research studies, case studies, demographic data and a relatively savvy social media user base. The problem? We’re still working from hunches and assumptions.
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501 Mission Place relaunches for nonprofit leaders
Born as a conversation between close friends almost a year ago, 501 Mission Place is an online community for nonprofit leaders. From its inception, our goal has been to bring together nonprofit leaders from around the world to learn from each other, share ideas, resources, and inspiration. That conversation has continued each week over the […]
Zanby: Roll your own community
Zanby: Create your community from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I‘ve been fascinated for some time by Zanby, a plaform for online collaboration for businesses and nonprofits that launched last year. I chatted a few months ago with Leif Utne — technologist, journalist, activist, musician, social entrepreneur and son of the founder of the Utne Reader […]