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Monthly Archives: March, 2011

Why Would Anyone Use That?

Written by Matt on March 30, 2011 — Leave a Comment

You’re creating ANOTHER social network?? Photo courtesy of doctabu Here at Social Source Commons we see a lot of tools. Many of them are flash-in-the-pan or sputter out fast. What’s the problem? Organizations create tools and websites that no one uses. They tend to think in terms of the features that they can offer rather […]

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Add Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn Accounts to Your SSC Profile

Written by Matt on March 15, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Hi all you Social Source Commons users out there! Just a quick note to say that we’ve added a little piece of new functionality that gives you more ways to connect to the SSC community. You can now add your Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts to your SSC Profile. To play, just Login to Social […]

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Tools for Nonprofit Volunteer Management

Written by Matt on March 8, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Javascript is disabled. To see the toolbox, please enable Javascript or see the toolbox page. When nonprofits talk to us about taking on volunteers for major projects, Aspiration often plays the negative Nelly of the group. We believe that when considering a volunteer: Expect Nothing. Be Happy with Anything. Volunteers can be the mirage in […]

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Creating “Share This on Facebook/Twitter” Links

Written by Matt on March 2, 2011 — 5 Comments

Recently, someone asked me how to put together a link in HTML that, when clicked, took the clicker to their Twitter page with a tweet already filled in. She basically wanted an easy way to let people share her newsletter. I was putting this little color-coded guide together for her and I thought I’d turn […]

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