The social community
Social network tools, such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and the like have connecting people as their main focus and purpose. And isn’t that what community groups are about too: connections?
Has your orgnaisation looked into any of these tools yet? Here’s what Priscilla Brice-Weller wrote recently on her Solidariti blog (Solidariti = sharing technology knowledge among community organisations so that together we can inspire people to take action.):
… do you use online social networking tools for your not-for-profit, yet? Have they become indispensable? If not, why not … have you found more efficient tools to help you create a community around your cause?
I can tell you that at ANTaR they have become indispensable. Last week we reached the grand total of 500 MySpace friends … while this isn’t much compared with the likes of Greenpeace’s or Amnesty’s MySpace rollcall, it’s an overwhelming number for an organisation of our size. Our MySpace friends (and our Facebook and Flickr friends too) are invaluable to our organisation in so many ways (ok, lets start with evangelists against racism, getting the word out about events onto other blogs and bulletin boards, donating, volunteering, supporting our views, lobbying politicians … need me to continue?)
[Via Solidariti: The great Webate #1.]
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have you reviewed http://www.zooped.com social network yet?
Not yet, No. It seems it may not have quite the focus that’s appropriate for this blog’s community audience:
“Zooped.com Is a new Business Music and Personal Social Network.”
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