04:05 sivanimal hey
04:06 sivanimal have we some good world-changin ideas?
10:51 EngageJoe Getting ready to start in about 10 minutes :) If you're looking for a larger chat window, this may help - meebo.com/room/changethewebconversations/
10:53 AskManny Hey there!
10:53 AskManny Joe, when I go to the Meebo.com address you give
10:54 AskManny it prompts to sign into Meebo... should it?or should it be going to the chat room?
10:55 EngageJoe Hmmm. Does this link work better - http://www.meebo.com/room/changethewebconversations/
10:56 EngageJoe (Btw Welcome Manny and Athena and Christine!)
10:57 AskManny good to be here!
10:57 ChristineEgger1 Hi everyone
10:57 ChristineEgger1 Hi everyone
10:57 EngageJoe Can everybody update your nicknames :)
10:59 AskManny Way better to access the chat via Meebo.
10:59 EngageJoe Is Jaime here?
11:00 EngageJoe For those Twittering with us, feel free to also share your thoughts and questions and fav bits with the hashtag #changetheweb
11:00 Athena1 Hi everyone!
11:00 ChristineEgger1 Joe, thank you for the link to the larger window (http://www.meebo.com/room/changethewebconversations/)
11:00 EngageJoe I guess we'll get started and hopefully Jaime, one of our featured guests will join us soon!
11:01 ChristineEgger1 Sounds good :)
11:01 EngageJoe Welcome everybody! This is our last Change the Web chat - We've been hosting the Change the Web chats as part of the Change the Web Challenge
11:01 AskManny WOOHOO!! :)
11:02 ChristineEgger1 :)
11:02 Jaime Hi everybody
11:02 Athena Hi Jaime
11:02 AskManny Hola Jaime!
11:02 EngageJoe - contest to build new web applications and widgets the promote ways to take action all over the web - which is happening *right now* (with one week left) more info @ http://socialactions.com/changetheweb/
11:02 telerisghost (ninja)
11:02 EngageJoe Hi Jaime!
11:02 EngageJoe I'm very excited about this chat especially as I use Ning just about everyday.
11:02 AskManny Same here! :P
11:03 EngageJoe I'm also excited to introduce Christine Egger, Founding Member of Social Actions who will be moderating today's chat. Welcome Christine - the floor's yours!
11:04 ChristineEgger1 Thank you Joe :)
11:04 ChristineEgger1 Today we’re very pleased to welcome Athena von Oech of Ning, Jaime Peters of The White House Project (joining in soon), and Manny Hernandez, Author of Ning for Dummies, President of Diabetes Hands Foundation.
11:04 ChristineEgger1 Hello to each of you, and thank you for joining us!
11:04 AskManny Hello! Thanks to you guys for doing this!
11:04 guest7338451 Hi and thanks for having us
11:04 ChristineEgger1 Jaime, I added that "joining in soon" just before you came in -- glad you're here :)
11:05 jaime glad to be here
11:05 ChristineEgger1 We do want this to be a conversation and for questions from all of you in the room to get answered. So, I'll start it off but if you have a question, feel free to ask - I'll ask for questions periodically and you can jump in then!
11:05 Athena Hi everyone! Thanks for organizing this, Christine and Joe
11:05 ChristineEgger1 Would our three main speakers do a quick intro of yourselves/your groups?
11:05 guest367776 Hi, I'm new to this...is there audio for this chat or is this strictly online?
11:05 Marco from MEX hi im new here
11:05 AskManny Want to start, Athena?
11:06 ChristineEgger1 (There's no audio for today's chat ~ it's an online text conversation)
11:06 Athena Sure
11:06 ChristineEgger1 Athena, then Jaime, and then Manny?
11:06 jaime ok
11:07 ChristineEgger1 Hmm, Jaime would you like to introduce yourself?
11:07 jaime I am the program and technology manager for a nonprofit called The White House Project - my main job is to train women to run for political office in the US in a nonpartisan way
11:08 ChristineEgger1 And I understand that The White House Project has a very active network on Ning
11:08 jaime We created a network on NING to connect our alumni from across the country to continue to build a network, or pipeline, of progressive women candiates
11:08 ChristineEgger1 Thank you, Jaime. Manny or Athena, jump right in when you'd like
11:08 AskManny I can, if you want, Athena...
11:09 ChristineEgger1 Go right ahead, Manny
11:09 AskManny I just got a message saying my last message didn't get delivered...
11:09 AskManny so I will repost it...
11:09 ChristineEgger1 We had a bit of that trouble yesterday, too. Reposting seems to eventually do the trick ;P
11:10 AskManny I am the Pres. of the Diabetes Hands Foundation. We run two social networks on Ning for ppl touched by diabetes: Tudiabetes.com, in English, and Estudiabetes.com, in Spanish.
11:10 AskManny I just finished writing (a few weeks ago, literally) Ning For Dummies:
11:10 AskManny
http://www.amazon.com/Ning-Dummies-Computer-Tech/d…
11:10 AskManny (which comes out at the end of April, but can be pre-ordered now... shameless plug) :)
11:10 Athena I also wrote something that didn't seem to get posted
11:10 AskManny I will be attending NTEN next month: look forward to meet many of you there!
11:10 ChristineEgger1 (It's a very helpful plug for a very helpful book)
11:10 AskManny :D
11:11 ChristineEgger1 Thank you, Manny. Athena, I'm sorry you're having that glitch too. Please post an introduction when you can
11:12 ChristineEgger1 As you all may know, Athena Von Oech is the Vice President of Community Management at Ning
11:12 ChristineEgger1 I'd like to jump right into some questions, and Athena please do join us as you're able
11:12 ChristineEgger1 For those nonprofits considering Ning for the first time...
11:12 ChristineEgger1 What kind of conditions or resources would you say a nonprofit should have in place before stepping into the Wonderful World of Ning Networks?
11:13 AskManny here...
11:13 AskManny I would not say being a geek is a requirement.
11:13 YaNnaGo haha
11:13 ChristineEgger1 I'm thinking technical requirements might come to mind, or community-building skills/resources, too
11:13 AskManny Setting up a network on Ning is actually VERY easy...
11:13 ChristineEgger1 :)
11:14 AskManny there are some great tutorials
11:14 ChristineEgger1 That's good to know
11:14 AskManny
http://networkcreators.ning.com/notes/index/allNot…
11:14 AskManny on this page:
11:14 Athena1 You can set up your own social network in a few minutes and choose the perfect appearance and features for you
11:14 AskManny however, the requirements your organization should have
11:14 jaime and customizing it is easy too
11:14 savvychavvy (@natmc) technical side is easy - the difficult part is support in deciding whether there is a real need
11:14 AskManny through staff or volunteer resources,
11:15 AskManny are to develop it over time, grow it and manage the community... so it can help your NP's mission.
11:15 Athena1 I think it's most important to be really clear about what your goals are for creating a social network
11:15 ChristineEgger1 Manny, that links to what savvychavvy just said, identifying a need so you know how it's helping your mission.
11:15 ChristineEgger1 Great way to make that point concisely, Athena
11:16 jaime identifying the need at WHP was pretty easy
11:16 jaime once we asked our audience what they wanted
11:16 telerisghost Wouldn't requirement #1 be having staff or volunteer personnel with enough social media acumen to be able to promote the mission effectively on Ning?
11:16 jaime and that's what really gave us the answers we were looking for
11:16 Athena1 You can have multiple goals-- raising awareness for diabetes or raising money for breast cancer-- but if you're not clear on your goals, people who go to your social network probably won't be either
11:16 AskManny I am curious as to how many of today's attendees have a network on Ning already?
11:16 AskManny @telerisghost,
11:16 YaNnaGo We are creating one, but still haven´t got the resources (staff) needed to make it work properly.
11:17 ChristineEgger1 Others here who have a Ning network already?
11:17 AskManny when it's small, it doesn't require as much maintenance... up to a few hundred members a single person can do most of the work.
11:17 telerisghost I'm in several, and debating recommending it to the small environmental NP i help w social media
11:17 RandyC National PTA will be launching one soon...just building it out.
11:17 Athena1 nice, randyc. Let me know when it launches
11:17 TedFickes We do not. (are a large nat'l enviro group)
11:18 Joseph www.neighborsforneighbors.org Hey folks its Joseph from Neighborsforneighbors.org - we love Ning!
11:18 AskManny :)
11:18 savvychavvy (@natmc) nfps i work with are keen to get on board but often want a 'paint by numbers' approach - ie. that worked for savvychavvy, so why shouldn't it work for our community. in my experience nfps need help with strategy, learning to let go, that kind of support
11:18 savvychavvy (@natmc) woops, that was paint by numbers...
11:18 telerisghost that's what I meant by acumen
11:18 ChristineEgger1 Manny, sounds like your book is coming out just in time :)
11:18 AskManny LOL
11:19 AskManny you certainly need to have clear goals,
11:19 AskManny how does it ultimately support your mission: having a network for the sake of having a network is no use... and may waste valuable time and resources.
11:19 ChristineEgger1 And Ning does have some great resources for helping organizations answer the question, "How do I know this is right for me."
11:19 ChristineEgger1 Link to Manny’s list of resources for Ning Developers and Creators, as well as Ning’s Blog and FAQ:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK3N8WHGASEMM…
11:19 AskManny but the network becomes an amazing viral resource to help spread the word about your mission and reach out to MANY more constituents.
11:20 Anne here
11:20 Anne I was wondering how customizable Ning is.
11:20 AskManny now, imagine your constituents are people who, by definition are NOT online... obvious case where it may not be as helpful (well, maybe that wasn't too useful of an example). :)
11:20 telerisghost How? I find the Ning networks I'm on to be frutrating because they're so isolated and insular
11:20 Anne For example, can you develop your own applications to add onto the standard features (that I am familiar with)
11:20 crammo has anyone looked further into the Ning terms and conditions re. content ownership/copyright? thinking here of any Facebook-esque issues?
11:21 AskManny @telerisghost
11:21 jaime manny that's a great point
11:21 jaime a lot of the women on our network are not your typical social network users
11:21 AskManny with the new Ning.com, over time it should become easier for others to find your network...
11:21 Athena1 Jaime, I've seen that too
11:21 jaime but because of the ease of use of NING we were able to demostrate to women at conferences etc
11:21 maya how does nign compare to other social networks for community building?
11:21 savvychavvy (@natmc) i'm often asked what will happen to our network if ning goes bust - a key concern for charities and communities
11:22 AskManny you get recommendations of networks that may be valuable to you.
11:22 maya *ning
11:22 diana2 is there a way to embed Ning within your own website so memebrs don't actually leave your site?
11:22 jaime we have multiple social networks
11:22 ChristineEgger1 (Manny, Athena, and Jaime ~ answer questions as you're able ~ I'm making a list of the ones we can't get to right away, so we can circle back to them if possible)
11:22 jaime and one person manages them all
11:22 AskManny @diana2: not literally embed,
11:22 jaime usually after 5pm
11:22 Athena1 hey really care about
11:23 AskManny but you can certainly customize the look and feel of your network,
11:23 AskManny to the point where the "leap" to and back from the network is very subtle.
11:23 AskManny I don't have a list with me, but there are quite a number of networks I've seen that do a very nice integration,
11:24 jaime yes we view our NING site as simply an extension of our organization sire
11:24 jaime site
11:24 AskManny @Anne:
11:24 AskManny you were asking about customization.
11:24 TedFickes Can you personalize the URL with some DNS magic or some feature of ning? So that you could use
http://communityname.domain.org
?
11:24 savvychavvy (@natmc) thanks all - i heart ning - there are almost 3000 young Travellers on savvychavvy, one of the most marginalised communities in the UK - sorry to miss rest of conversation
11:24 jaime yes
11:24 AskManny you can choose which features you add
11:24 Athena1 Manny, we just blogged yesterday about
http://www.afropunk.com
as a great example of a social network that is tightly integrated with the main site
11:24 jaime our site is leaders.thewhitehouseproject.org
11:25 AskManny you can also move them around quite easily.
11:25 AskManny you can choose among a large number of themes,
11:25 Athena1 if you click "community" you go to afropunk's social network
11:25 AskManny or create your own CSS (or add little bits of styles) to make your network look JUST like you want it.
11:25 AskManny you really do have a lot of control over how the network looks.
11:25 telerisghost I will attest to this, one of the ning networks I'm on redesigned the entire look of the site overnite
11:26 EngageJoe With
http://my.socialactions.com
we're also trying to integrate our ning network into the main Social Actions site -with a consistent header and footer
11:26 TedFickes That's what I thought. awesome. thx
11:26 ChristineEgger1 Takeaway from Athena's comment about afropunk: tightly integrating your Ning into the main site is key
11:26 AskManny @TedFicks: Yes, you can assign your network on Ning (network.ning.com) to your own domain name.
11:26 AskManny It's a premium service you can pay for.
11:27 ChristineEgger1 SavvyChavvy asked "what if your Ning goes bust?"
11:27 YaNnaGo we´re also working on that the integration is just as Manny said, relatively simple...
11:27 Athena1 yup. We have more info on how to do this at help.ning.com
11:27 ChristineEgger1 What are the downsides to creating a Ning and then just not being able to keep up with it somehow?
11:27 AskManny if you are not on top of it,
11:27 AskManny just like a blog or other social media,
11:28 AskManny it can become a space that your constituents will eventually leave and not go to again.
11:28 AskManny You need to keep it alive, vibrant, give people a reason to go to it.
11:28 diana2 Is there a way to push content from your Ning network automatically to other social media platforms like fb, youtube, etc?
11:28 AskManny and also keep spammers at bay (sadly that happens here and there). There are tools to kick them out and clean up any content they may have posted.
11:29 AskManny if you actively participate and manage your network,
11:29 ChristineEgger1 Any evidence of Ning's that become kind of self-sustaining, meaning, they attract people to the nonprofit that then become the person(s) needed to help it grow?
11:29 jaime @diana2 we use our NING site with our flickr account for photo uploading
11:29 Athena1 It's important to also get help from people on your network
11:29 AskManny it can become an amazing resource for your constituents.
11:30 ChristineEgger1 I'd like to focus the conversation a bit now --
11:30 AskManny @diana2: all videos we produce on TuDiabetes.com, we also embed on a couple of specialized diabetes-centric blogs we have outside of Ning.
11:30 ChristineEgger1 and ask Manny and Jaime for specific things they've done that they KNOW have directly contributed to their Ning's success
11:30 telerisghost @diana2, and ? to Ning, can you embed an add this btton as a widget?
11:30 AskManny yep
11:31 EngageJoe Great question Christine!
11:31 ChristineEgger1 Specific features that are working exceptionally well, or are being embraced most enthusiastically, by your members?
11:31 jaime i'd love to answer
11:31 AskManny go...
11:31 jaime it may seem simple but the basic groups feature is what attracts most women to our network
11:31 jaime for example
11:32 jaime we have a group that started their own volunteer service to help members build their organizations or businesses
11:32 jaime they assign taksks
11:32 jaime tasks
11:32 jaime hold meetings
11:32 jaime using chat
11:32 jaime upload agenda's and meeting documents
11:33 jaime and have actually helped two women grow their businesses from the ground up
11:33 Athena von Oech nice!
11:33 ChristineEgger1 That's fantastic
11:33 jaime sometimes the simplest things make the biggest impacts
11:33 AskManny I agree that Groups are VERY powerful.
11:33 AskManny In our case, we have three main types of groups:
11:33 AskManny ones focused around the same interest, such as "Diabetes and Women" or "Diabetic Musicians"
11:34 AskManny ones focused around the same technology, such as "Insulin Pump Users"...
11:34 EngageJoe That's an awesome example of self organizing groups - Checking out the White House Project Groups -
http://leaders.thewhitehouseproject.org/groups
11:34 Athena von Oech The features we'd advise people to use when they're starting are latest activity, photos, videos and chat
11:34 AskManny in each of these the kind exchange we see is very powerful, empowering patients in ways that are very very niche.
11:34 AskManny The other type of group is the regional group,
11:34 AskManny which complements very nicely the Events feature, to help people in a particular area to organize meetups!
11:35 EngageJoe Wow Manny your community has 15 PAGES of groups!
http://tudiabetes.com/groups
11:35 JonCamfield Does Ning have any "form creation" tools (like response-o-matic or something) to gather information from its members?
11:35 ChristineEgger1 That's really helpful, to think of Ning as supporting in-person meetups, too
11:35 Athena von Oech Latest Activity is a very powerful feature since it gives people a sense of what's happening on your social network when they first visit it
11:35 ChristineEgger1 Great suggestions, Athena
11:35 jaime and keeps my google reader entertaining
11:35 AskManny videos are very important for us too...
11:36 ChristineEgger1 Any response for Jon? A "form creation" tool for member surveys, for example?
11:36 AskManny we use them to communicate with the members: for example, periodically I would do a video podcast where I talk about a particular topic of interest to the members... or maybe as an educational vehicle...
11:36 ChristineEgger1 Videos are definitely powerful tools
11:36 JonCamfield And a follow up - if so, how easy is it to export data from Ning?
11:36 AskManny we use PollDaddy, embedded on the home page.
11:36 ChristineEgger1 Athena, you mentioned "Chat" -- I heard that there will be some new chat features coming soon
11:36 Emily @JonCamfield, I don't know if there is a built-in option, but I'm part of a ning that has a Google spreadsheet form embedded on its homepage to collect info
11:36 TedFickes So if a group is trying to wrap its head around Facebook... how does a Ning community compare or relate to that?
11:36 JonCamfield ok; so embedding other tools - got it
11:37 AskManny you can export Member Data (anything they enter as they are signing up -profile questions).
11:37 AskManny very easily.
11:37 Athena von Oech It's been a big week of releases at Ning. We had a chat release last night, which you can read more about on the blog (blog.ning.com)
11:37 AskManny into a CSV file: great way to help you grow your mailing list (remember to always ask for consent to be added to your mailing list!) :D
11:37 Athena von Oech And on Monday, we put out a release to make it easier to customize the appearance of your social network (along with lots of new themes)
11:38 ChristineEgger1 Ted, I think the differences between Facebook and Ning could fill a whole chapter in Manny's next book :)
11:38 AskManny you guys have been busy! :P
11:38 AskManny it does, Christine! ;)
11:38 ChristineEgger1 Fantastic, Athena
11:38 AskManny I will soon have OK from the publisher to share the Table of Contents...
11:38 AskManny I am on Twitter.com/askmanny... will update there once it's available.
11:38 ChristineEgger1 For Ted and others curious about the Facebook and Ning comaparisons, I'll be sure to add links to some blog posts Peter Deitz has written on
http://my.socialactions.com,
too
11:39 TedFickes I can think of highlights of how one compares to other... just thinking about how to explain it to colleagues ... thanks
11:39 ChristineEgger1 OK, here's my "big picture" question:
11:39 ChristineEgger1 Nonprofits often think of having an online network like Ning as something that "they" do...
11:40 ChristineEgger1 when it's whole purpose is to involve a much wider community than the nonprofit-organization-only...
11:40 ChristineEgger1 How does having an online network change the way nonprofits engage with members, and fulfill their mission in new ways?
11:41 ChristineEgger1 In ways they might not expect when on the day they create their Ning, and start watching it grow?
11:41 AskManny can I throw my two cents?
11:41 ChristineEgger1 (Another way to phrase it: how to prepare nonprofits for all the amazing things that the Ning will help them become?)
11:41 ChristineEgger1 Absolutely, Manny!
11:41 AskManny we started our social network a whole year before we formed our nonprofit...
11:42 AskManny in a way, we found our identity as an NP through having the network.
11:42 AskManny When you start a network (just like with any other site), you LEARN from your members: how they are using the community, why is it important to them... and
11:43 AskManny sometimes you find very pleasant surprises: people who joined TuDiabetes from the beginning were finding out they were not alone...
11:43 ChristineEgger1 So Ning can be a place to find your mission, as well as move it forward
11:43 AskManny you'd think they know that, but making the CONNECTION, helped them really feel not alone.
11:43 ChristineEgger1 So the mission of tudiabetes must be an awful lot about connection
11:43 jaime @christineEgger1 and breathe new life into your mission
11:43 AskManny That helped drive our mission over time... so yes, Ning empowers your members AND you to potentially realize areas of your mission you may not even know yet.
11:44 AskManny Our mission is to help people touched with diabetes connect with one another and raise diabetes awareness.
11:44 diana2 Does Ning offer NPO discounts on premium services?
11:44 AskManny actually, that is the mission of the Diabetes Hands Foundation, the NP that runs TuDiabetes and EsTuDiabetes.
11:45 ChristineEgger1 I'm curious about others here who might 1) be using Ning to support an existing nonprofit, and 2) being using Ning to create or really shift the mission of what their organization can do...
11:45 ChristineEgger1 Thanks, Manny and Jaime for the thoughtful replies
11:45 Anne Manny, since you have this enormous pool of people touched by diabetes, do you get people approaching you for marketing/consumer issues, and how do you handle that?
11:45 ChristineEgger1 Great question, Anne
11:46 ChristineEgger1 diana2, let's see if we can get an answer for you, too
11:46 AskManny we are approached for marketing issues... we consciously keep ads (which we run on the network as part of our revenue)
11:46 AskManny clearly designated as such (we have Home Page ads and Community Ads)
11:47 ChristineEgger1 There's a larger question behind Anne's...
11:47 AskManny we have gotten approached too in ways that we simply cannot engage, because it would not be ethical... I won't mention who, but you can imagine that there's everything out there. :)
11:47 Anne yes I can imagine.
11:47 ChristineEgger1 The plethora of conversations that having an online network opens up, some anticipated, some not!
11:47 EngageJoe Before creating a Ning network, should a nonprofit research or engage other Ning networks that have already been created for that cause area? (i.e. for climate change)
11:48 AskManny I think it helps to explore the topic on Ning (do a search and potentially join other networks)... you may find the issue is well addressed or even overcrowded?
11:48 ChristineEgger1 Great question, Joe. Athena, Manny, Jaime, how much cross-Ning collaboration do you see in the nonprofit arena?
11:48 EngageJoe @askmanny - gotcha, Thanks!
11:48 ChristineEgger1 Might be hard to track that, though
11:49 Athena von Oech I think it's probably worth doing a search on
http://www.ning.com
<http://www.ning.com>but I don't think non profits should feel deterred if there is another social network also focused on climate change
11:49 jaime we found a lot of women centric networks on NING
11:49 TedFickes @EngageJoe that's a great question... taking off my organization-only hat... would groups be served to collaborate on issue/cause communities?
11:49 AskManny we work with a number of other NPs in and outside of Ning...
11:49 jaime but none with a real political bend
11:50 ChristineEgger1 Ted, I have to think the answer is a resounding yes :)
11:51 EngageJoe :)
11:51 jaime in this day and age - NP's are merging like never before
11:51 jaime and social networking is an easily shared resource
11:51 JonCamfield We found a ton of Global Youth Service Day Nings, all created in more or less silo-fashion, it's hard to balance creating a specific community and joining together for a larger movement
11:51 jaime that should be taken advantage of
11:51 AskManny @TedFickes: there's a great book called Six Forces For Good... one of the ones the authors talk about has to do with networks/partnerships...
11:51 jaime or so i think
11:51 AskManny highly recommendable title.
11:52 AskManny Perhaps down the road Ning may introduce features to help "cluster" topics or groups in some way? (wink, wink, Athena!) :P
11:52 EngageJoe I can also see where Athena and Jaime are coming from - unique iniatives, executed effectively , shouldn't be hindered =
11:52 ChristineEgger1 (love that suggestion, Manny!)
11:53 EngageJoe But the NIng search shows 1,779 results for climate change - so it sounds like some collaboration could really help
11:53 AskManny LOL
11:53 ChristineEgger1 :)
11:53 ChristineEgger1 Let's circle back to a couple questions that didn't find an answer yet:
11:53 Athena von Oech Manny, let me know what kind of features you'd like to see :-)
11:53 ChristineEgger1 An answer for the "terms and conditions" question, for example
11:54 ChristineEgger1 Any clarification for who "owns" the content on a Ning site, Athena?
11:54 ChristineEgger1 Or a link we can point to for more information?
11:54 ChristineEgger1 And Jon asked a question about exporting data, too.
11:55 ChristineEgger1 If we're unable to post quick replies now, we'll be sure to add them to the complete transcript for this chat.
11:55 JonCamfield I think my question was largely answered
11:55 Athena von Oech Sure, for the first question here is the TOS for more information on content:
http://about.ning.com/tos.php
11:55 ChristineEgger1 Thanks, Jon.
11:55 ChristineEgger1 Thank you , Athena
11:55 ChristineEgger1 Well, this has been one of the FASTEST hours EVER :)
11:55 jaime :-)
11:56 ChristineEgger1 We have just a few minutes left together...
11:56 AskManny This was fun!
11:56 AskManny it still is... I mean! :D
11:56 ChristineEgger1 Any final questions, comments, feedback, appreciation for our featured speakers?
11:56 ChristineEgger1 :)
11:56 Athena von Oech Ning doesn't claim any right to content on your social network. We only receive a limited license to content so that we can make it available for you and other members on the Ning Plaform
11:56 diana2 NPO discounts?
11:56 jaime i just want to say thank you for including me
11:56 Athena von Oech (just to finish answering that question)
11:56 Tichy Will there be transcripts of the chats somewhere?
11:56 EngageJoe This has been an awesome chat! :-)
11:57 TedFickes yes, thanks!
11:57 ChristineEgger1 How about a quick answer, too, for diana2 about discounts for the nonprofit community
11:57 Tichy Oops sorry - just found the transcripts ;-)
11:57 ChristineEgger1 Manny or Athena, any yes or no there?
11:57 Athena von Oech diana2, drop us a note in the Help Center (help.ning.com). Our goal with Ning was to provide a free platform so anyone could make their own social network
11:58 ChristineEgger1 Thank you, Athena, for that gracious response.
11:58 ChristineEgger1 And thank you everyone for joining today's Chat!
11:58 EngageJoe You can find the transcript here -
http://is.gd/p7kv
11:58 AskManny for what it's worth... you can actually set up your network for free.
11:58 ChristineEgger1 Manny, Jaime, Athena -- great to have the value of your expertise...
11:58 AskManny it's only to do things like running your own ads (or no ads), pointing to your own domain and hiding the Ning link
11:58 AskManny that you need to pay for,
11:58 ChristineEgger1 And Manny, that "for what it's worth" is worth ALOT :)
11:59 AskManny thanks to you guys for having us! this was really fun!
11:59 EngageJoe Oops that link didn't work
11:59 Athena von Oech Thank you!
11:59 ChristineEgger1 Thank you, everyone. Joe Solomon, best wishes for continued success with the Change the Web Challenge!!
11:59 AskManny I agree. I think Ning has empowered us and our members in so many ways!
11:59 Athena von Oech And thanks for organizing this!
11:59 ChristineEgger1 100% agree, Manny :)
11:59 AskManny If I may one last time, last week of April, Ning for Dummies comes out:
11:59 AskManny
http://www.amazon.com/Ning-Dummies-Computer-Tech/d…
11:59 jaime cheers
12:00 ChristineEgger1 Absolutely -- if you didn't give it another plug, Manny, we'd have to :) It's going to be a TREMENDOUSLY helpful book
12:00 AskManny hope it helps everyone in the NP space and beyond.
12:00 Anne thanks, Manny.
12:00 Anne and everyone else.
12:00 AskManny pleasure being here!
12:00 ChristineEgger1 Athena, looking forward to keeping informed on all of Ning's news...
12:01 Athena von Oech absolutely!
12:01 EngageJoe This transcript link shoud work http://is.gd/p7kV:)
12:01 ChristineEgger1 Bye all :)
12:02 AskManny Bye!
12:02 YaNnaGo congratulations, excelent session
12:02 YaNnaGo :P
12:02 Athena von Oech Bye!
12:02 JonCamfield Thanks Manny; as luck has it I'm leaving this for a conf call on ning
12:02 EngageJoe Thank you everyone :) Thank you Christine for moderating!! Thank you Manny Athena and Jaime and everyone for joining and contributing!!
12:03 TedFickes Very informative. Thanks. Bye all.
