The Networked Nonprofit: Social Media Wisdom from the Masters

by Manny on July 8, 2010

Allison Fine and Beth Kanter

If you work in the nonprofit space and are anywhere near technology, you HAVE heard of Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. Well, now they’ve come together to write an amazing book that you absolutely must read, titled “The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change.”

The book is packed with brilliant concepts from cover to cover: social capital, network weaving, social culture, the ladder of engagement, do what you do best and network the rest and microplanning, just to name a few. But The Networked Nonprofit is not about tactics (though there’s lots of great examples in it). Fine and Kanter take you through the basics and the thought process you need to be in, in order to have your nonprofit successfully enter the social media space and thrive in it.

From listening to sharing, from fundraising to affecting change on- and offline, The Networked Nonprofit looks at social media for nonprofits as part of your multichannel strategy, also taking into account the stories others share about your organization, the way you communicate over email, your web site presence, your Google ads, your media outreach and most definitely your offline presence (face-to-face events).

Being a hound for books that overlap nonprofits and social media, I can tell you The Networked Nonprofit is the best out there today!

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Beth Kanter July 8, 2010 at 5:15 pm

Thank you so much for your kind words and sharing with your readers! In my book, you’re a nonprofit social media rock star! I’ve added your review to our book wiki
http://networkednonprofit.wikispaces.com

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