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How do you Manage your Board of Directors?

Recently I learned about BoardnetWork–a web based tool nonprofits can use to manage their Board of Directors. Each board member logs on to this website and can access key board information, read board meeting minutes, access board training resources, and find out when the next board meeting. This seems very useful, however I wonder how […]

New Features and New Mischief!

We just rolled a new version of SSC live this weekend, and wanted to tell you about new features and new mischief… We have added several features to better support Community Toolboxes: The most new important capability is that Community Toolboxes now may be edited collaboratively, should you choose to allow it. When you create […]

The SSC Blogroll (Part 1)

On a daily basis, I sort through several blogs and articles in order to find new information to put on SSC. Most of the time I’m searching for new tools, but often I get good articles about how to effectively use tools already in the system, or reviews that compare two or more similar tools. […]

Featured Community Toolbox: Amanda Hickman’s Recycle-A-Bicycle Toolbox

Continuing with our profiling of new Community Toolboxes, we move on to Amanda Hickman‘s Recycle-A-Bicycle Toolbox. Amanda is a consultant in Brooklyn, NY. She also directs communications at Recycle-A-Bicycle, for whom she created this toolbox. I recently chatted with her over email.

Featured Community Toolbox: Rolf Kleef’s Web Development Toolbox

It’s been a few weeks now since we added the Community Toolbox feature to SSC, and we’ve had some great toolboxes added to the site. I thought I would take some time to detail a few of the new toolboxes, and get some input from the creators of the toolboxes as far as what they […]

Welcome to the new Social Source Commons!

We are proud to announce the release of a brand new Social Source Commons! There are three core components to the upgrade: User Interface Redesign: Based on the great feedback we’ve received from many of you, we’ve overhauled the look and feel of SSC. We’ve worked to make the new site familiar to existing users, […]

What We’re Hearing from Our Excellent SSC Beta Testers

Thanks to all you amazing Beta Testers who are putting SSC through its paces and telling us how we can make the platform more valuable in your work, and easier to use. We really appreciate the feedback, and encourage everyone to keep it coming. We hear you, and we’re integrating new features and key fixes […]

Welcome to SSC Beta Testers!

We are very grateful to have such a diverse and knowledgeable group of eRiders, developers and NPO/NGO technologists helping us kick the tires on this “beta” version of the Social Source Commons. Our goal is to build a resource that provides: A map of what software is being used for NPO/NGO needs A place to […]

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