2. NPower Northwest
• Vision
– A thriving community with high performing
nonprofits.
• Mission
– To strengthen the nonprofit sector by catalyzing
innovation and driving adoption of technology
solutions.
3. Introductions
Abby Nafziger
AmeriCorps VISTA
@abbynaf
Your Name
Your Organization
What are you hoping to learn today?
5. Content Curation
“The organizing, filtering and ‘making sense’ of
information on the web and sharing the very
best with your network” – Beth Kanter
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6. Content Curation: Why is it helpful?
Allows your nonprofit to:
• Become a source of valued information in
your community
• Build relationships
• Serve as professional development for staff
10. Sensing: Content Curators
“A human-powered
discovery engine for
interestingness, culling and
curating cross-disciplinary
curiosity-quenchers, and
separating the signal from
the noise to bring you things
you didn’t know you were
interested in until you are.”
11. Sensing: Connect content to goals
Here at NPower:
• Drive the adoption of technology solutions
within the nonprofit sector
• Establish thought-leadership in the nonprofit
technology field
• Share resources and educational
opportunities with local nonprofit
organizations and their staff
12. Sensing: Know Your Audience
What are your community’s interests?
NPower example:
• Nonprofit technology
• Social media
• Mobile technology
• Nonprofit communications
• Trends in philanthropy
NPower Northwest is where savvy nonprofits turn for technology. At NPower, we’re guided by the belief that technology can transform the nonprofit sector and play a pivotal role in creating greater good. When you work with us, you understand all your options and can move forward with an approach that you are confident makes most sense for your organization, in terms of both impact and cost. Check out our website at www.npowernw.org to learn more about what we do and how we work.
Huge amount of information gets shared every minute of the day – content curation helps reduce the noise and draw attention to significant news for your nonprofit audience
GoogleReader – Use folders to sortTwitterLists – also can use Facebook lists
