Comments on: Examples of online communities in the not-for-profit sector http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/03/examples-of-online-communities-in-the-not-for-profit-sector/ Social media agency, online communities, marketing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:39:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Three popular series from the FreshNetworks Blog in 2009 | Social media agency London | FreshNetworks blog http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/03/examples-of-online-communities-in-the-not-for-profit-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-17287 Three popular series from the FreshNetworks Blog in 2009 | Social media agency London | FreshNetworks blog Thu, 26 May 2011 15:26:39 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=542#comment-17287 [...] Examples of online communities in the not-for-profit sector: The US Navy’s Navy For Moms, American Association of Retired Persons’ Online Community, UK Fundraising’s Forums [...] [...] Examples of online communities in the not-for-profit sector: The US Navy’s Navy For Moms, American Association of Retired Persons’ Online Community, UK Fundraising’s Forums [...]

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]]> By: Howard Lake http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2009/03/examples-of-online-communities-in-the-not-for-profit-sector/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Howard Lake Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:02:02 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=542#comment-3132 Thanks, Matt, for featuring UK Fundraising in this round-up. You've really summed up the site well - what it tries to do and how it does it. The sector and its supporters and clients have always been at the heart of social uses of the web. I remember doing my Masters research on online fundraising from 92-95 and reading Howard Rheingold's coverage of how community orgs and individuals were using bulletin board systems in the 1980s/early 90s in The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/ In particular, parents of children with particular diseases were linking up with other parents and medical specialists and building networks online and offline. In fact, they were ahead of even most US nonprofits at the time. The creation of online infrastructure bodies like GreenNet www.gn.apc.org and the Institute for Global Communications www.igc.apc.org around that time were also strong indicators that parts of the charity/nonprofit sector were well aware of the value of connecting and collaborating online. So, in the spirit of sharing and community, I'll recommend another new charity sector community, set up by Rachel Beer (@rachelbeer on Twitter): www.thecharityplace.org It's "where charity people meet, network & share knowledge". It's a free, Ning.com-based community set up last year, and registration (no charge) is required, and is very active with 419 members. Thanks, Matt, for featuring UK Fundraising in this round-up. You’ve really summed up the site well – what it tries to do and how it does it.

The sector and its supporters and clients have always been at the heart of social uses of the web. I remember doing my Masters research on online fundraising from 92-95 and reading Howard Rheingold’s coverage of how community orgs and individuals were using bulletin board systems in the 1980s/early 90s in

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier
http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/

In particular, parents of children with particular diseases were linking up with other parents and medical specialists and building networks online and offline. In fact, they were ahead of even most US nonprofits at the time.

The creation of online infrastructure bodies like GreenNet

http://www.gn.apc.org

and the Institute for Global Communications

http://www.igc.apc.org

around that time were also strong indicators that parts of the charity/nonprofit sector were well aware of the value of connecting and collaborating online.

So, in the spirit of sharing and community, I’ll recommend another new charity sector community, set up by Rachel Beer (@rachelbeer on Twitter):

http://www.thecharityplace.org

It’s “where charity people meet, network & share knowledge”.

It’s a free, Ning.com-based community set up last year, and registration (no charge) is required, and is very active with 419 members.

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