Very cool looking online asynchronous event going on over at Tech Soup today, all about how nonprofits can use social networking applications like Friendster, Tribe,
Linked in, My Space, Gather.com, and Frappr in a profesional context. Some pretty prominent people will be there from some of these social networking service providers. Full details after the jump.
Event Title: Using Social Networking Applications in the Nonprofit
Community
TechSoup is hosting a free event on the TechSoup message boards,
tomorrow and Thursday, April 19th and 20th, on the use of online social
networking applications for non-profits. The event can be found at:
http://www.techsoup.org/socialnetwork
This event will be an asynchronous discussion that will occur in the
TechSoup.org forums. It will be hosted by Chris Law, co-founder of
Tribe.net, Neal Gorenflo, Director of Business Development of
Care2Connect.com, Alex Mouldovan, founder of CrowdFactory.com and John
Lorance, Associate Director of CompuMentor’s TechCommons program, and
will feature representatives from LinkedIn.com, Gather.com, and others.
We all love social networking applications like Friendster, Tribe,
Linked in, My Space, Gather.com, and Frappr, however, most of us have
little time to use these in our personal lives, let alone to create an
organizational profile for our nonprofit. Is there a use for social
networking applications in the nonprofit workplace?
* What do we mean by Social Networking applications?
* How are these different form message-board based online communities?
* Getting discovered: How do you promote your organization’s services
through a social networking application?
* How can an online social network help your organization find
volunteers and raise funds?
* What is the secret to fostering and managing your online social
network?
From the event discussion we anticipate that participants will come away
with some practical tips, models, resources, and tools for bringing the
collaborative technologies of social networking applications to your own
organization.
We hope to see you and your ideas there!