Understanding the networked nonprofit

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Join Beth Kanter in a workshop that explores the themes in her recently published book, and discover how to put them into practice. Social media has broken free from the marketing communications and fundraising silos, changing the way nonprofits deliver programs, lead, manage, and even govern. This session will take a look at these trends and how organizations can equip themselves to be fully networked.

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Beth Kanter, CEO Zoetica Craigslist Bootcamp, August 2010

Understanding How Networked NonprofitsCan Transform Neighborhoods and Communities

Beth Kanterhttp://www.bethkanter.org

Let’s Get Social!

Hashtag: #netnonWiki: http: //networkednonprofit.wikispaces.comBook on Amazon: http://bit.ly/networkednp

Photo by Franie

Share Pairs

Introduce yourselves and your organizationsHow are you currently using social media?

The Networked Nonprofit

The Books in p

The Books in p

What is a Networked Nonprofit?

Why become a Networked Nonprofit?

Complex social problems that outpace the capacity of any individual organization

Photo by squeakymarmot

Source: David Armano The Micro-Sociology of Networks

In a networked world, nonprofits need to work less like this

And more like this ….

With apologies to David Armano for hacking his visual! Source: The Micro-Sociology of Networks

Some nonprofits are born networked nonprofits, it is in their DNA ….

Social Culture: Not Afraid of Letting Go Control

Other nonprofits make that transition more slowly

The Networked Nonprofit

BE DO

Understand Networks Work with Crowds

Create Social Culture Learning Loops

Listen, Engage, and Build Relationships

Friending to Funding

Trust Through Transparency Governing through Networks

Simplicity

• Social Culture• Transparency• Simplicity

Three Themes and Some Nuts and Bolts ….

Uses social media to engage people inside and outside the organization to improve programs, services, or reach communications goals.

Theme 1: Social Culture

Loss of control over their branding and marketing messages Dealing with negative comments Addressing personality versus organizational voice (trusting employees)

Make mistakes

Make senior staff too accessible

Perception of wasted of time and resources

Suffering from information overload already, this will cause more

Leaders Experience Personal Use

Describe results versus tools

Making Social A Cultural Norm ….

Codifying A Social Culture: Policy• Encouragement and support

• Why policy is needed• Cases when it will be used,

distributed• Oversight, notifications, and

legal implications

• Guidelines• Identity and transparency• Responsibility• Confidentiality • Judgment and common

sense

• Best practices• Tone• Expertise• Respect• Quality

• Additional resources• Training• Operational Guidelines• Escalation

• Policy examples available at wiki.altimetergroup.com

Source: Charlene Li, Altimeter Group

Be professional, kind, discreet, authentic. Represent us well. Remember that you can’t control it once you hit “update.”

Testing the policies: Refining, Educating

Don’t moon anyone with a camera, unless you hide your face ….

#Squirrel!

Your organization has a social culture if ….

Treats skepticism as a conversation starter, not stopperLeaders understand the power behind the toolsLeaders are open to reverse mentoring if neededDescribe resultsSocial is the cultural normTry it and fix it approachValue learningSocial media policy is not just a piece of paper

Reflection:How social is your organization’s culture?

Somewhere in between?

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Networked Nonprofits consider everyone inside and outside of the organization resources for helping them to achieve their goals

Theme 2: Transparency

The Nonprofit Fortress

Transactionals

TransparentSponges

Do we have to share everything?

Photo by Steve Scott

Share Pairs: If the default was open, what would you close?

You want me to start

Tweeting too?

Simplicity: From scarcity to abundance …

You have too much to do because you do too much

Leverage your networks ..

Share Pair: What could you do less of?

Who is going to do the work?

Free• Intern• Volunteer• Fans

Integrated• Tasks in Job

Staff• Full-Time• Part-Time

We assert the unalienable rights of The Intern. We understand that The Intern might be a high school student, an MBA, a retiree, or anyone in between. The Intern will be taken seriously, given real work to do, be respected for their opinion, and will be patiently taught the things they don’t yet know.

Don’t do this to your intern ….

The perfect intern might be already be in your network

ADOLAS

How many are hands-on with social media?

How many manage someone who is doing the work?

Oh Look, A Squirrel!

• Monitor RSS

9:00•

Content Creation

9:30•

Twitter

10:00

• Review Analytics

10:15

What are the surefire ways to waste time with social media?

How To Waste Your Time With Social Media

Subscribe to too many blogsRead every tweet, Facebook Post and Status UpdateSetting up profiles on very social network known to mankindChecking your social media every 5 minutesFollowing or Friending too many people who are not part of your communityPosting repeat messages

#Squirrel! Photo by Craig Newmark

Reflection

Book Raffle: Write on index card include your name and email addressShare PairPopcorn

The Networked Nonprofit

Book Signing12:15

Beth Kanterhttp://www.bethkanter.org

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