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How Do You Use Social Networks to Build One?
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Cauzoo http://www.cauzoo.com Los Angeles |
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If you're building a social network, mailing list, or other social tool, how do you break through a crowded market? With MySpace, Facebook, and a host of new niche social sites popping up, how can you beat the compet... FreePledge
FreePledge, Inc www.freepledge.com Silicon Valley, California |
FreePledge is a young for-profit social venture that aims to help nonprofits tap into the Internet and technologies. Users go through FreePledge for their online shopping, they pay ex... |
The Cedar Cultural Center
The Cedar Cultural Center http://www.thecedar.org Minneapolis, MN |
The Cedar Cultural Center is a nonprofit music venue in Minneapolis, MN. August 23, 2006 The Cedar launched a new web site. The site was built in collaboration with Cruiskeen Consulting LLC Th... |
The legistics
Describe your challenge:
I have been interested in the internet for a few years now, a newbie compared to many. I started to become excited about the possibilities of the Internet as I learned more and more what it was capable of accomplishing. I currently work for a non-profit gallery performance space as the Associate Director in charge of maintaining the website (which I designed http://www.puffinfoundation.org/forum/forum_new/index.html) and public relations. In the beginning I new very little about the revolutionary things happening on the web and how they could help my organization, but I had a sense of it and often tried to explain it to my boss. With the little understanding I had, it didn't come across as exciting as I felt it was, but my boss was keen on learning how to use webcasting and podcasting to record and broadcast our performances, anything more than that he wasn't to open to.
I've tried to introduce the idea of blogging with this in mind...our organization has personality, we have potential content that I can see being valuable to consumers. The craziest people come through here, with great ideas and talents, I can see us having a great blog. My problem now is to write a proposal that would be convincing enough.
The problems are these: My boss sees this endeavor as a drain on his resources, there would have to be writing and updating and researching, which I can understand. Also, the benefits are vague and hard to get a handle on...what would reaching out to people all around the world do if we are just trying to get butts in the seats here in Teaneck NJ? And finally, who is the audience? how do we reach them and ofcoarse how do we have a successful blog when the chances are we would be throwing effort into the abyss, or so people may think.
Ideas and solutions:
These are the things I'm looking to discover!!
Uppity Wisconsin
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Cruiskeen Consulting LLC - Uppity Wisconsin http://www.uppitywis.org Menomonie, WI |
Uppity Wisconsin is an attempt at building a collaborative on-line web presence to promote progressive ideas in Wisconsin Politics. This is a new site (based on the Drupal CMS). It uses a combination of incoming and outgoing RSS, Blogs, Video, and email for communications. Uppity Wisconsi... |
MobileActive
Green Media Toolshed and TechStrategy www.mobileactive.org Massachusetts |
MobileActive is a global network of organizations, technologists, organizers, and activists who are using mobile phones in their social change work. Mobile phones have emerged as a campaign organizing tool across traditional socio-economic and cultural boundaries. Mobile phone campaigns ha... |
People's Grocery
People's Grocery www.peoplesgrocery.org/brahm/ Oakland, CA |
People's Grocery's mission is to:
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Art project youths creating the peace
www.imaf.li www.ngoartstudio.org.mk Skopje, Republic of Macedonia |
The NGO Art Studio program provided the talented youth with concrete tools and |
Tsunami orphan Owen the hippo
LaFarge Eco Systems http://www.lafargeecosystems.com/main/blog.php Mombasa, Kenya |
This blog chronicles the rescued baby Hippo, Owen, who was adopted by a 130 year old giant Aldabran tortoise, Mzee. This remarkable story of compassion has found its way on BBC a... |
NPower Seattle Promotes Online Tax Tools and the Earned Income Tax Credit
NPower Seattle http://www.npowerseattle.org/education/eitcdetails.htm Seattle, WA |
Each year, low-income families miss out on the chance to receive a tax credit that could help them move out of poverty, as millions of dollars go unclaimed in the federal government's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program. NPower Seattle, a nonprofit technology assistance provider, has launched... |
