Published by Angus on 22 Oct 2010
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NGO staff often ask how they can use WiserEarth to further their mission. So here are four high-impact ways you can get the most out of our community and tool kit. › Continue reading…
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How-to
Published by Angus on 24 Feb 2010
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Avinash Kaushik has written an excellent book on how to use free and easy-to-use tools for measuring your website’s performance. Unlike other authors, who are fixated on site visit numbers, Kaushik wants you to develop a well rounded perspective that includes: the voice of your customers, why and how people are actually using your site, and how you are doing versus the competition. His approach will help you gain powerful insights. › Continue reading…
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Book Review,Metrics
Published by Kerry on 29 Sep 2009
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Help send WiserEarth to Atlanta, Georgia next spring! We’ve entered four panels for the Nonprofit Technology Conference 2010. Please vote for your favorite idea! › Continue reading…
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Updates
Published by Angus on 11 Sep 2009
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WiserEarth is now sharing our information through Social Actions – a web service that gathers events, groups, jobs, and donation opportunities from more than 50 sources. › Continue reading…
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Updates
Published by Angus on 09 Sep 2009
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We’ve written before about how you can view your community as a network. Here we use the ‘network lense’ to show how communities typically evolve and what specific actions you might want to take to get to the next stage. › Continue reading…
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Communications & Web 2.0 Tools,Community Building,Community Management,How-to,Structure
Published by Angus on 08 Sep 2009
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All communities can be summed up as people who know each other and do things together. As a general rule, know more people in their community, both they and their communities are more productive. So how do we go about increasing those connections between people? Increasingly, community leaders are turning to ‘Network Weavers’. › Continue reading…
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Community Management,How-to,Purpose,Structure
Published by Angus on 03 Sep 2009
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In many online communities, it’s just too difficult to figure out how to contribute – there are too many options and no clear hierarchy of choices. Community managers need to light a single path to show the way. › Continue reading…
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Community Building,Community Management,Content,How-to
Published by Angus on 24 Mar 2009
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Your community’s purpose is key to recruiting new members, raising funds, and staying on strategy. But too often in the rush to create online communities, we skip over this crucial step. Here are a couple of tips for developing that compelling statement of purpose to get your group off on the right foot. › Continue reading…
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Community Building,How-to,Purpose