Tonight I was analyzing some of the referring sites for my blog and I couldn’t help but see a statistic that stands out more than any other - StumbleUpon drives a lot of traffic to my site! There are a lot of bookmarking sites out on the web, but StumbleUpon has that one strategic advantage that none of the others have - they provide links by relative interest.
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StumbleUpon continues to Feed My Blog
Announcing London Net Tuesday!
I'm thrilled to announce that the London Net Tuesday is officially here! The community in London and around the UK is ready for a solid, monthly event that brings together social changemakers (whether a nonprofit organization in the traditional sense, a group of interested citizens, social venture capitalists or an individual with an idea) and technological forerunners together to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate on new projects.
The Little House
The Little House, is a community hall that myself and others have been working on, over the last few years to provide a space for artists and community groups we work from an old school hall in Hounslow West London, we provide muti-media equipment to community groups and provide space for bands to rehearse and play as well as record, for the bands they need this space so they can develop and learn how to use a studio before they go and use and pay money for studio time. Community groups need the space for thier projects and with most do not allways have the funds to pay for space, so we try to do as much as we can for them.
Source: NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org blogsWhat's Community Funded Reporting? Spot.Us
Looking for an interesting use of the grass-roots internet? Well, look no further than Spot.Us, a project of the nonprofit Center for Media Change that allows an individual or group to take control of news by sharing the cost (crowdfunding) to commission freelance journalists. Spot Us is made possible by the Knight Foundation.
How does it work?
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Tu Diabetes is an online community where members help each other out, educate themslves and share the steps taken every day to stay healthy while living with this very serious condition. Tu Diabetes employs a gamut of web tools in its process of reaching out to new community members, keeping the community informed, and educating the public.
Think Global, Map Social! Interview with Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull of Opengreenmap.org
I talk to Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull about the origins of Green Map System (greenmap.org) and what they to accomplish when they launch the Open Green Map (opengreenmap.org) in the coming months.
Making People Powerful - Interview with Scott Heiferman from Meetup
Scott Heiferman, founder and CEO of Meetup, talks to us about how he learned to value communities, why he wants to make people powerful, and what we have to look forward to expect in the 21st century.
Jed Sundwall: Can you talk about the genesis of Meetup? What motivated you to create it?
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Questions about Using YouTube for Nonprofits & Activism? Ask Ramya!
The YouTube Nonprofit Program has a new Nonprofits & Activism Manager, Ramya Raghavan, whose job it is to help you leverage the power of YouTube for good. How awesome is that?
Check out her introductory blog post, AgentChange, Reporting for Duty, and her video introduction.
Welcome, Ramya!
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Greetings from the Lisbon Poets Hostel in Portugal. I will make this post quick, since I´m terribly confused by the punctuation on this keyboard, and should probably rest before my presentation tomorrow, but I want to share my experiences today, while they´re still fresh in my mind.
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It's On in the Morning
Hello Fellow NetSquaredians,
Looking forward to the conference to start tomorrow morning. Some of my interests include technology, sociology, volunteering and project management. I think I can work all of those into play tomorrow.
Everyone's introductions sound impressive and accomplished so I'm looking forward to meeting folks in person.
I'm not with any company or organization. I'll be a free agent.
Looking forward to the conference!
Can you believe we are in the final countdown to N2Y3? It’s hard to believe there is just one day left. I’d like to extend a huge thank you to the NetSquared team for all their hard work and organization, and especially for their intro to Vinnie, our project lead. It has been energizing, to say the very least, to learn more about all the amazing projects in this year’s lineup and to talk to so many motivated people.
Source: NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org blogsVideos: How Nonprofits Can Use Wikis + Building Online Community
Net Tuesday SF Vlogger, Ross Chapman, posted videos of the presentations from our February and May Net Tuesdays on NetSquared's Blip.tv Channel:
Building Nonprofit Online Community with MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Groups and Upcoming
How Nonprofits & Educators Can Use Wikis
Check 'em out and help us thank Ross for volunteering his time by giving his web site a click.
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Here at Green Map System, we're tickled pink to be among the 21 featured projects for N2Y3! Thanks much to all who voted for us and are already connecting to share ideas, resources and advice! This project is getting better, day by day, with your involvement.
Our work on this project really began in Fall 2007. Among other things, we floated a few different names out to the Green Map network. Open Green Map was their top choice, but we decided to test out a few other options, including My Green Map, as working names. As we used the different names, we watched the reactions.
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