Nonprofit Social Network Survey Report

http://nonprofitsocialnetworksurvey.com/download.php

Published April 2009 by

NTEN http://www.nten.org

Common Knowledge http://www.commonknow.com

The Port http://www.theport.com

Survey & findings of nonprofits are using online social networks.

Marie Deatherage

Connectivity creates the potential for action
The Barr Foundation invests in networks because it believes that changing the sector requires more than building the capacity of one organization at a time. In 2003, the foundation undertook a pilot project to build stronger and more cohesive connections among Boston’s after-school service providers. Building the Field of Dreams: Social Networks as a Source of Sector-Level Capacity in the After-School World captures the lessons learnt in this three year-long network-weaving process. A major learning is that building networks is not about building a rigid entity; rather it is about building connectivity among the players and the potential to take action.

(PDF)http://www.barrfoundation.org/usr_doc/Building_the_field_of_dreams_-_SML_Associates_-_Barr_2006.pdf