Continuing our series on how nonprofit organizations can tap into the human capital potential, I thought it might be helpful to pull together some resources that will help nonprofits avoid common pitfalls and follow best practices when working with volunteers.

Whether you are a nonprofit just starting to use human capital or have already established internal structures to manage your volunteers, engaging them in meaningful and productive ways can be both rewarding and challenging. 

Microblogs like Twitter are a great vehicle to help organize political demonstrations in countries run by corrupt governments (and an effective way to spread misinformation), but how can nonprofit organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), libraries, government programs, and other mission-based organizations really use microblogs to promote their work, increase attendance at an event, get donations or mobilize or support volunteers?

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I'm the VP & General Manager, of Link TV, a non-profit, independent media network.  We run a 24/7 television network on satellite TV in North America that reaches about 33 million US homes, an online media portal at www.linktv.org, and most recently we've launched a semantically driven platform for video:  www.ViewChange.org. 

My priorities are using media--primarily video--to advance social change.  Link TV's mission is to connect Americans to the world.

In www.ViewChange.org we are making high quality videos about global development available to people/NGO's around the world to use and share in their work. 

I am a nonprofit communications consultant and I blog at BeckyBlab.com. I have a passion for network weaving and helping people/organizations to communicate better.  

Although a number of areas appear to require further elucidation, micro volunteering seems to have untapped potential in our ever expanding and changing technological age. To place micro volunteering in context, I will briefly provide an overview of online volunteering (also known as Virtual Volunteering or Internet-based volunteering).

Micro-Volunteering within the Context of Online Volunteering

The NetSquared team reads and shares lots of different blog posts, articles, reports, and surveys within our team. We have a lot of fun sharing within the team and it occurred to us that we should start sharing them with you, too! Net2 Recommends is a monthly series of news and blog posts from around the web that we found interesting or inspiring, mind-bending or opinion-changing, fun or just plain weird.

For this month's Net2 Think Tank we asked you to share your tools and tactics for creating effective video messages - regardless of budget and organization size. Affordable video capability and basic editing software are now widely available and easy to use. But, how can organizations and enterprises best use video to inspire change? Below is a list of tips and suggestions on making decisions to do with hardware and software, message and editing, video quality, and promotion ideas. 

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Place your vote today for the 2010 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards!

The 70 tagline finalists have been culled from over 2,700 entries in 13 vertical sectors. These orgs have done a fantastic job in putting well-selected words to build their brands. Now it's your turn to select the best. Through voting, you’ll get a stronger sense of what makes messaging work and learn to assess your organization's taglines.