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Jayne / CoyoteBroad Online

My Social Media Activities & Internet / Online Communities

/ Discussion Groups In Which I Participate

Most of my work is online, out in public, for absolutely anyone to find and see, rather than tucked away on a company intranet or in a class room or an academic journal. That means most of my work is available for viewing by anyone, at any time.

Yes, it's intimidating.

But because of the nature of my work, that's how it has to be. In fact, I make it easy for you to see what I'm doing online - I am supposed to be an expert in communicating and engaging with people online, and I think it's important to show exactly how I do that for myself.

Online communities were my first engagement with the Internet, not the World Wide Web: I was on America Online groups in 1993 and I was participating in soc.org.nonprofit, a USENET newsgroup, as early as 1994, and I was the group's moderator and facilitator for many years. I also was active on bulletin board systems - BBS - in Silicon Valley back in the 90s, including the government-sponsored CupertinoNet in California, shared all publicly-available information - city council meeting agendas, announcements, etc. and welcomed online comment about government actions. I'm so sad that so many of these early online communities have gone away - they were real communities, where people met, collaborated, even started nonprofits together, even fell in love... the amount of informal virtual volunteering back in the 1990s, and what those communities did together OFFLINE, was astounding.

I fear those days are gone. Online civility certainly seems to be.

I'm a grand old Dame of the Internet and online communities, I even taught a class on the subject for a university.

Anyway, if you see something I have said online that you think is outrageous, that hurts you in some way, please contact me directly and let's discuss it. As long as you aren't going to try to belittle me, I'm going to listen.

Here's where to find me on social media (the main places):

Keywords

Keywords I regularly look up on whatever social media platform I'm using (if you use these, I will probably eventually find you):

#volunteer
#volunteers
#VolunTweet
#vvbook
#MicroVolunteering
#nonprofits
#nonprofit
#ngos
#VirtualTeams
#DistributedTeams

#UnitedNations
#UNDP
#Afghanistan
#Philanthropy
#humanitarian
#ICT4D
#WomenInTech
#Tech4Good
#DigitalDivide
#WomensRights
#CSR

Also:

Coyoteblog, my semi weekly blog

I blog about two to four times a month, regarding nonprofits and NGOs and all organizations that serve people rather than profits, engaging volunteers, humanitarian / development / aid, communications, tech4good, women & girls, Afghanistan, and parks / tourism for development (development in the sense of community and human development). I also sometimes post about traveling and causes I personally support. You can follow this blog via RSS, or follow me on a social media channel to know when I write something new.

Also, I'm on several groups within different online platforms. For instance:

You can follow me on Reddit and see everywhere I post. Or you can join a group I moderate. I am the moderator and frequent poster to several communities, including:

r/Volunteerism. Discuss volunteerism philosophies, ethics & debates, discuss support for volunteers & all aspects of volunteer engagement/management. Testimonials about volunteer experiences are fine, but with some restrictions (see rules). Promote volunteerism? Yes. Criticize volunteerism? Yes. Ask questions or offer advice related to managing volunteers? Yes. But NO RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS & NO "WHERE DO I FIND VOLUNTEERING" (there are MANY other subreddits for those posts). Here's more about why I revived this defunct subreddit.
r/OregonVolunteers, For nonprofits, schools, government programs & community groups recruiting volunteers for unpaid roles & tasks in support of a non-violent mission to help the environment and communities, including promoting the arts, helping the homeless, promoting water conservation, etc. in Oregon, specifically.
r/communityservice/, to discuss community service & to offer advice to both those compelled to perform such service & those expected to create tasks for & supervise such.
r/inclusion, Why is inclusion a good idea? What are the challenges to inclusive policies or practices? What are examples of where and how deliberate acts of inclusion works? Share questions, advice & resources here.
r/Philanthropy, Discussions & articles about philanthropy (the giving of money or time to contribute to the welfare of others).
r/UNPath, A group that is supposed to be to discuss careers in the United Nations. Unfortunately, it's mostly for people who want to work at the UN to ask what the magic trick is to work at the UN. Spoiler alert: there is no magic trick. Here is my advice on working for the UN or other international development agencies.

Note: I'm the primary moderator and primary contributor to the first five of those groups, and I really don't want to be the main person on any of them - I would like to have more co-mods (and eventually turn things over to such) and I'd like to see a lot more people posting content to these groups.

I created Reddit4Good, a list of online communities related to volunteerism, community service, and various causes that nonprofits and charities champion. Reddit is a fantastic way for nonprofits and community groups to reach younger, male residents.

Also see the Nonprofits & NGO Guide to Using Reddit.

I'm also on several LinkedIn Groups, including Virtual Volunteering (for the discussion about engaging and supporting volunteers online), AL!VE (an association for managers of volunteers in the USA), UKVPMs (for the discussion of managers of volunteers in the UK) and Open University Global Development Management Programme Alumni. But I participate in them less and less.

I'm on very few Facebook groups, and none at all related to my professional work.

There use to be far more groups I was on, especially via email and YahooGroups. I even helped run an entire community, the Aid Workers Network, back around 2005 or so, and for many years, I moderated and facilitated the TechSoup Community Forum. But those communities are either gone or so lifeless as to feel like they are gone.

You can still find an Internet discussion group for just about any subject or geographic area (and if you cannot find such, why not start your own? For advice on how to find such groups, and how to learn to participate in online groups, see this resource, The dynamics of online culture & community.

Quick Links

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Affirmation that this web site is created & managed by a human.

My book: The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook

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Free Resources: For people & groups that want to volunteer

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