The Community & Capacity Building ToolBox

As nonprofits have increasingly turned to social media, policies to govern their use have become the new frontier. It can be difficult for organizations to find examples that fit their needs. A good social media policy will provide clear guidelines as to what staff should and shouldn’t do when posting and interacting with the community on a day-to-day basis, freeing them up to think more strategically. But what’s involved in creating one?

As usual, the folks at socialbrite provide a really good in-depth look at how to go about things - always great articles.

Thriving Social Businesses strengthen the communities in which they operate. Sparked Community provides a turn-key solution for companies to leverage employee expertise to benefit strategic communities, such as nonprofits, educational institutions, and government. From their desks, employees can collaborate to provide quick expert solutions to the organizations they're passionate about.

The internet has opened up many possibilities for rights advocates. In order to make the best use of the online world for campaigning, advocates need to know what services are available, how they can benefit them, who owns them and the hidden dangers associated with them.

The Quick 'n' Easy Guide to Online Advocacy developed by Tactical Tech, aims to expose advocates to online services that are quick to use and easy to understand. The guide provides descriptions of online services including social networking sites, image and video hosting services, and services that enhance an organisations web presence.

Here is the website of a documentary in progress called the Same Heart.

What makes it interesting is the intent and agenda of using the film as a starting point to build a community of interest and action around the subjects covered -  looking at tangible, practical ways of ending poverty.

Disclosure - we at Content That Moves are involved in the development and production of this project.

Is digital mapping really about communities, or are we really just using communities as a backdrop to showcase our own innovation and coolness or that of our donors?

Mapping & mapping projects are one of my personal areas of interest - I'm hooked on the power of mapping as a way to visualize information. But this article raises valid, interesting points regarding the context this process can happen in. 

This graphic contains all the things you need to know as a teacher to set up your blog and the educational pluses you get from it.

The visual attractiveness of this infographic and also the compactness of  information makes it worth printing off and sharing with students