mediakit

<< July 08 :: August 2008 Sponsors :: September 08 >>

Ned sponsorships go beyond simple support of the Ned online community and projects. The organizations below, and more importantly the people behind them, are engaged in support that allows real better world things to happen each and every month. From microfinance projects to very real support of early stage grassroots meaningful projects in the US and many countries around the world. The combination of local and global, online and offline, providing maximum transparency, results measurement and reporting, and interactivity allows for very hands on, real, and meaningful connections and impact. In many ways this is like a corporate social responsibility plug and play program.

Please support Ned monthly sponsors by buying their products and services and helping them, help us to make the world a better place.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington provides a “home away from home” for families and their seriously ill or injured children who have traveled far to receive treatment at Portland hospitals, and supports children’s immunization and dental programs. Portland’s two Ronald McDonald Houses provide a setting in which families connect with other families, and children can meet other children going through similar experiences.

Search marketing agency Anvil Media’s social responsibility commitment includes providing pro bono services to local non-profits, encouraging employee volunteerism and is the founder of pdxMindShare, a Portland networking group and online community for local professionals. Anvil was recently recognized by The Portland Business Journal as a finalist for the First Annual Corporate Philanthropy Awards for its work with SMART, American Red Cross and Ronald McDonald House Charities.

lucy is centered around positive energy and our mission is quite simple: offer beautifully designed lifestyle apparel that inspires women to live healthy, active, balanced lives. In addition to taking care of women, we want to take care of the environment and have designed clothes constructed with sustainable & recycled materials like soy, bamboo and organic cotton.

AboutUs is a wiki website working to describe and connect the worlds' organizations. We embrace the values of transparency; assume good faith, constructive barn raising and collaboration–all important aspects of corporate social responsibility. We believe that by working together we can build a collaborative resource that taps into the knowledge of every visitor. Join us!

GlobalGiving is unleashing the potential of people around the world to make positive change happen. We connect donors to grassroots projects via our website as well as custom giving services--helping corporations, foundations, and other organizations with their specific giving needs. We are the future of international philanthropy, building an efficient, open, and thriving marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.

Taste Good - Do Good!! That's our philosophy at Adina. We work with Co-ops, collectives and small producers around the world to gather our all-natural and healthy ingredients. We champion a sustainable supply chain and always choose Organic and Fair Trade certified ingredients whenever possible. Adina insists that farmers are paid a fair wage - typically well above market price. You can taste their commitment and ours in every sip of Adina beverages.

Equal Exchange, founded in 1986, offers organic, gourmet coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, and chocolate bars produced by democratically run farmer co-ops. Equal Exchange's mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.

Greenhome is your source for environmentally superior goods, services, and information-- an on-line department store and information clearinghouse for all your green living needs. Greenhome is the place to find up-to-date, credible information to help you make decisions about how to improve the quality of your life.

GreenRenter™ is the only online directory of "green" commercial and residential rental property. GreenRenter helps potential tenants find properties that meet their environmental requirements. Anyone can add a property - it's fast and free. At GreenRenter we're serious about sustainability - in how we operate our business and in our own lives.

Tahoe Mountain Resorts Restoring, reducing and reusing materials for eco-conscious real estate development.

Give a child a healthy start in life, donate to Five & Alive.

eROI helps develop new non-profit programs, encouraging employees to volunteer.

September 08 >>

To make your sponsor placement reservation for this month please see the media kit details here

<< July 08

Ned Media Kit

Ned sponsors go beyond simple support of the Ned online community. These organizations, and more importantly the people behind them, are engaged in support that allows real better world things to happen each and every month. From microfinance loans to very real support of early stage grassroots meaningful projects in countries all around the world, both locally and globally.

Please support Ned monthly sponsors by buying their products and services and help them make the world a better place.

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Sponsor Company Name #10 (followed by up to 10 words of text)

Sponsor Company Name #11 building a better world in 2008

Sponsor Company Name #12 better environment for the world

Sponsor Company Name #13 a topical ointment that works

Sponsor Company Name #14 nick, nack, paddywack, give a dog a bone

Sponsor Company Name #15 it's a dog eat dog world, and you're wearing meatpants

// Sponsor Unit Specs //

125Wx125H non-animated logo, (jpeg or gif), under 5K, for top nine sponsors
Up to 75 words of text (500 characters, including spaces), perhaps about your corporate social responsibility focuses, plans and programs)
88Wx31H non-animated logo button (jpeg or gif), under 3K
Up to 10 words of text, about your corporate social responsibility focuses and plans
Company Web Site Address, and like Yahoo Search, organizations are listed in order of monthly sponsorship amount

// Making a Difference //
Like a turnkey plug and play corporate social responsibility program
Monthly financials and accounting are 100% transparent
Open reporting and results let the world follow along online

For now, it is planned monthly site wide sponsorship funds will be allocated like this:

// Monthly Sponsorship Allocation //
35% microfinance
35% specific grassroots better world projects
15% administration
10% better world media/marketing
5% web hosting & technology development

sandbox

punctuation_help__more_formatting

UP | Help index see also RSTCheatSheet

Here are some punctuation tips to help you format your pages to look more readable.

To implement these formatting features, we use what is called a "directive" to indicate the system needs to handle the following text a little differently.

You may have seen a directive in action on Help pages already, specifically the "table of contents" directive.

1. the directive name
2. a two-colon separator
3. the directive block of content

To indicate you're using a directive, start the line with two periods and a space, and then the directive a la:

.. directive_name

here's a list of directives covered on this page:

contents
sidebar
line-block
image
on-include
admonition
RAW

The contents directive is one of the easiest directives to use. By clicking on the plain text link for this page, you can see it's been used in the line just above this one. Here's how to make it work:

.. contents:: (optional label for TOC list)
       NOTE: if you do not provide a label, the label will simply read "contents"

As you build the page, each item that you underline (using the - key not the _) is automatically included in the table of contents.

sidebar

A side bar is very useful to pull out information from the body of the text and into its own right-hand justified box. An example of a sidebar is shown above with the "Each directive has three parts" box. Here's how to make it work:

.. sidebar:: Title for sidebar box (required)

   Text that will appear in the side bar box. **Note this text
   is indented.** To signify the end of the sidebar box content,
   simply don't indent the next paragraph of content.

This content will not appear in the sidebar box above.

line-block

The line block directive is very handy when the spacing of a list counts (like with addresses or with poetry). Here's how to make it work:

.. line-block::

   Here's my address
   123 Main St
   Los Alamos, NM 87544

Note that the text that you are line blocking must be indented. The above directive looks like this when it's published:

Here's my address
123 Main St
Los Alamos, NM 87544

Contrast the above with how one would normally have to do a series of lines on top of each other:

Here's my address

123 Main St

Los Alamos, NM 87544

Quite the handy directive, no?

image

When it comes right down to it, inserting an image in a page is just using the image directive.:

.. image :: (URL for your picture)

See Picture Display How-to for info on more advanced use.

on-include

This directive copies the contents of a worksheet to the document you are working in. This is particularly useful if you the same text to be referred to in several places. This is how it is done.:

.. on-include :: worksheet name

Please notice that you use the worksheet name (with any spaces it might have) NOT the URL. This form only works if the worksheet is in the group that you are posting in. If it is in another groups's workspace, you must include the other group in the address.

Please look at sidebar.:

.. on-include ::  /community-general/sidebar

This code will look like this:

admonition

This directive allows you to put a box with information in the middle of a post. It is particularly useful to emphasize a point. If you are wandering around the help pages you will see this one a lot.:

.. admonition :: Did you know?

   To return to the page you were just viewing, just click the "back" button on your Web browser.

And this is what it yields:

Did you know?

To return to the page you were just viewing, just click the "back" button on your Web browser.

Again, the text that will appear in the box is indented.

RAW

This directive will allow you to enter straight HTML code so that the Colophone doesn't parse it into it's own language. I find this particularly good for doing tables as I am very comfortable doing tables in HTML.:

.. RAW :: HTML

  <TABLE>
  <TR><TD>Col 1</TD><TD>Col 2</TD></TR>
  <TR><TD>Name 1</TD><TD>Phone 1</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

Note, yet again, that the HTML code must be indented after EVERY enter, even for a blank line. This little snippet yields:

Techies Take Note:

We have used reStructuredText (RST) as our markup language. If you're inclined to understand technical documentation, the full listing of RST directives can be found here at reStructuredText

code_of_conduct

The guiding principle of ned.com is maintaining a high signal-to-noise ratio: focusing discussion on collaborative actions making this world a better place.

By joining ned.com's online collaborative community, you agree to abide by our code of conduct. Your commitment to these guidelines ensures a positive experience for all ned.com members.

ned.com Code of Conduct

Identity
Respect
Safety
Accountability

Identity

We request all members use real names here to enhance the ned.com atmosphere of collaboration, courtesy, honesty, accountability, community, and fun.

You may not use ned.com to:

I1: register for more than one member account, register for a member account on behalf of an individual other than yourself, or register for a member account on behalf of any group or entity;

I2: impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity;

I3: use or attempt to use another's account, service or system without authorization;

I4: harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from ned.com by electronic or other means for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails or other unsolicited communications;

I5: post credit card numbers, product keys, and other confidential information, including anything covered under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) or any personally identifiable or private information of a third party.

Please remember that ned.com is a public space, so don't post anything that you don't want the world to see. ned.com uses internal links that keep your e-mail address out of view while still allowing other members to contact you. We caution you against giving out any personally identifiable information for yourself or others (such as social security number, credit card number, driver's license number, password, etc.) online. This information can easily be used for illegal or harmful purposes.

ned.com may include links to third party web sites. These links do not mean that we endorse these third party sites or services. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for any content or other materials on these third party sites.

You may not use ned.com to:

I6: upload or share any photographs, videos or other content that infringes upon or violates the copyright, trademarks, patents or other rights of any third party;

I7: post editorial content that has been commissioned and paid for by a third party;

I8: upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make publicly available any private information of any third party, including, without limitation, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers and credit card numbers;

Respect

Please treat all other ned members with respect and do not use ned.com to threaten, intimidate, harass, stalk or abuse other members.

The following content is unacceptable and may be edited, moved or removed without delay or explanation:

R1: ongoing arguments, insults, and other behavior toward individuals or companies inciting or encouraging personal attacks typically known as "flame wars";

R2: personal attacks, "flames," platform wars, bickering and pointless arguments;

R3: discriminatory language regarding, but not limited to, race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, mental or physical disability, military status or political viewpoint;

R4: abusive, profane, vulgar language, or any language designed to intimidate or harass;

R5: obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit material or material depicting graphic or gratuitous violence;

R6: threats of any kind or content that intimidates, harasses, or bullies anyone;

R7: derogatory, demeaning, malicious, defamatory, abusive, offensive or hateful content;

R8: trollish behavior.

Please do not use ned.com to spam others. Spam includes sending identical, irrelevant or unsolicited submissions to multiple members, and includes misrepresenting the source of anything you post. Please choose the ONE most appropriate discussion for your comment and post it there. All cross-posts may be removed. Repeat threads promoting a business or product will be treated as a cross-post and may be removed.

Please make sure that your thread discussion posts are relevant to the subject at hand. It is normal for some discussions to drift from the root topic. However, to ensure maximum benefit for members, we encourage you to keep your posts as close to the subject as possible. Please stay on topic.

The group R & R, has been specifically provided for otherwise off-topic posting within these parameters.

You may not use ned.com to:

R9: upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitations, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation;

R10: post URLs/links pointing to sites for software piracy, pornography, or sites that encourage discrimination, spamming, commercial promotion, or advertising of goods and services;

R11: upload, post, transmit, share, store or otherwise make available any content that we deem to be harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, infringing, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable.

Safety

ned.com does not allow behavior or content related to illegal or harmful activities.

You may not use ned.com to:

S1: upload, post, transmit, distribute, share, store or otherwise make available content that would encourage, constitute or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create civil liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;

S2: act in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the site;

S3: use automated scripts to collect information from or otherwise interact with ned.com;

S4: upload, post, transmit, share or otherwise make available any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

Accountability

All ned.com members are encouraged to identify any behavior that they feel is inappropriate. Content failing to meet these code of conduct standards is subject to editing, moving, or removal. The board of advisors of ned.com reserves the right to moderate any member activity associated with those violations, and to suspend or close member accounts, if necessary. Resolution will always be attempted via private communication and may include a warning, probation, suspension and/or a permanent ban.

The ned.com Board of Advisors will review code of conduct violations on a case-by-case basis and our definitions are not limited to this list. We reserve the right to amend or change this Code of Conduct at any time without notice. You agree to periodically review this space to ensure your understanding of acceptable behavior here at ned.com. Questions about the Code of Conduct?

In short. Do good. Be good. Do, be, do, be, do.

start_here

Welcome to Ned!

It can take some time to feel at home here, and get to know some people. Please use your real name, (click settings in the green bar, then edit my profile) to change to your real name and fill out your profile. When at ned.com please be gentle to others and you'll find others will do the same for you.

<Ned> is going to look like your old home (because we're using their open source code) but there are some things that are different. This community is overseen by a Board of Advisors comprised of 16 trusted diverse volunteer community members from around the world, Canada to Uganda, US to Thailand.

Former o/net members will notice you accumulate bank points much slower here. Also every feedback every point you give is totally 100% transparent: positive and negative. The organization is a little different here and everything is still evolving.

Things begin. Things end. Things evolve. Things change. Thank you to all the members that have inhabited omidyar.net community over the last three years as we all got to know one another and shared, learned, laughed, collaborated, worked, and in general had a blast discovering our own power to make good things happen. That was just the beginning.

We also want to offer our deep and sincere gratitude and thanks to Thomas, Susan M, Haney, Jim, Susan Y, Matt, Pam and Pierre for the space they provided all of us from 2004 thru 2007 and the connections that happened both inside and outside that space. Thank you.

If you haven't yet, you'll want to change your displayed name to your real name, and also change your password into something that is easier to remember. You can do these by clicking on 'settings' in the upper right in the green bar.

First discussions are starting in the <Ned> Front Porch and Suggestions for Ned.com

Use the tag clouds on the home page and the group's home pages to find content that interests you. The site's text search is a full text index of all content, and it gives you the most relevant results first, so use it often!

Participate in discussions, and add discussions to your watch list (using the add link at the left) to stay involved in all the discussions that interest you. The items at the top of the watch list are the most recently updated, and anything that's bold contains items that you haven't yet read.

You accrue points for participating, and receiving positive feedback from others. You can use these points to give feedback to others, vote in polls, give feedback to threads and posts, and much more. All points you give are 100% transparent.

Please consider it your duty to give people negative feedback if they spam the site by posting advertising or other inappropriate or abusive content. Please read the <Ned> code of conduct which details community wishes for member behaviour.

Ideas shared within the ned.com community are considered in the public domain, once you share them in the spirit of making the world a better place, anyone is free to use them. Enjoy your stay, share any suggestions you might have, and please come back often!

ideas >> action >> good things >> lather, rinse, repeat

Cerca Trova

Be nice. Think way the hell out of the box. Help others. You can work to make the world a better place and still have fun, so lighten up and laugh your ass off. Be honest. Bottom up trumps top down. Think sustainability. Have big hairy audacious goals. Play fair. Don't over-think things. Share information. Organic growth is okey-dokey. Offer solutions. Less talk, more action. Be thankful. Make money and make good things happen. Listen well. Always be improving things. Be mindful. A handshake agreement is as important as a contract. Be open-minded. When in doubt; bootstrap. Think big. Forget the left and the right, embrace the radical middle. Explore edges. Simplify, simplify, simplify. Ask questions. Think globally, act locally and visa versa. Be well.

Get it? Got it? Good.

Now fling with wild abandon.

codeofconduct

See: http://www.ned.com/group/help/ws /code_of_conduct/

Help

Ned.com is in active development, if you have any trouble, please send a PM to the site's maintainer: Jim Carroll

The Start Here page provides links to great introductory info so you may want to check there first and return there for additional help.

Click on any of the following underlined items to learn more about how to get around ned.com. They're organized by where they appear at the top of the window:

Green tabs (at the top of the window) help you find info throughout the site :

home - - my ned.com - - groups - - what's new - - popular

Green bar choices on the right are related to your personal account :

my name/profile - - inbox - - settings

Brown tabs refer to the green tab you choose or a specific group you are visiting :

group home - - discussions - - workspace - - group popular - - polls - - files

Learn more about using the features of omidyar.net by selecting one of these items:

- Formatting : Simple Formatting - - Advanced Formatting - - Hyperlinking - - Images/Pictures - - Tables

- Groups : Group Ownership - - Manage Group Owners and Members

- Tracking information : my watch list - Locating nearby members - RSS Feeds

General Info: The Feedback/Reputation system - - Tagging FAQs - - Site FAQs

Enjoy!

newcomer_s_faq

Newcomer's FAQ

What does a newcomer to ned.com need to know? Here are some questions to get us started. Please feel free to add more questions or answers or both, or to start breaking this list into categories if you see some questions that should be grouped together!

Contents

General Questions
Navigation
Feedback (reputation, karma, etc)
People
Groups
Privacy
Discussions
Workspace Pages
Other Questions With Answers
Questions Without Answers

General Questions

What is it all about, what is the point?

A: <ned> is an evolving global better world building community that a number of really dynamic social entrepreneurs have been working together to develop for several years now. This year, ned is emerging with physical community locations in Thailand, Lesotho, Portland, and in Uganda with 2 local community run branches (in Kampala and war-affected Gulu). All of these are connected through a larger global grassroots community of people at ned.com, who are working together to develop new kinds of grassroots-to-grassroots relationships that can enhance and support local community development.

What does <Ned> stand for?

A:	networked enterprise development or maybe nice educated doers or ????

Why does this user interface look familiar?

A:	This is the same software that was used on omidyar.net and was developed by Pierre Omidyar, founder of EBay

Where do I start finding my way around?

A:	The best place to start is on the Start Here Page.

What do I do if I have a suggestion to make?

A:	The place to go is the Suggestions for Ned.com group.

Navigation

How do I find a particular topic?

A:	There's a search box at the top of every page. I just put "sandwich" in there (for example) and found: http://www.ned.com/user/u5130945 38/news/0/?searchterm=sandwich . This can be done for any topic or issue.

How do I decide which groups or discussions fit me?

A1:	Look at the tag cloud on the main page and click on terms that interest you.
A2:	Start by finding one person you know on the system (in the "People" tab) and seeing what they are reading. If it interests you, join it. If it really interests you, make a comment to a recent posting, or start a new item.

I'm lost! What do I do?

A:	When I need some technical help navigating this site, I try to poke around in the group called Help. You can get to that group by clicking on the green tab at the top of the page that says "groups" and then click on the link for the group titled "Help." There's also a reference page for punctuation help.

Feedback (reputation, karma, etc)

What are those numbers after names and topics?

A: The numbers you see after names and topics, for example, Jane Doe (234) represent feedback score. Feedback score is the rating other members of ned.com have given a member or item of content on ned.com. Another number you might see is the bank number, seen only next to your own name on the top right corner of every page or on other users profiles. This number represents the amount of feedback points a user has available to give. To learn more about these numbers, visit the feedback details page in the help section.

Tell me more about the Feedback system and how it works. Why do I just have 10 points to give? How do people use their points? What happens when yours are depleted? etc.

A1:	Here's a workspace page that explains more about the feedback system.
A2:	Here's a comment that's also relevant.
A3:	Here's another comment that's relevant.
A4:	Another comment about how a person earns feedback bank points.

How do I give points?

A: Giving points is a simple one-click process. Throughout ned.com you will see +|- symbols. To give the person or item of content preceding the symbols points, simply click the + symbol to give positive feedback or the - symbol to give negative feedback. Please note that to order to leave feedback, you must have points in your feedback bank. To learn more about giving points, visit the feedback details page in the help section.

I admit to being intimidated by the +|- feedback meter. What motivated its development?

A1:	Just speculating here, I'm sure it had something to do with feedback and seller rating systems on eBay.
A2:	Pierre Omidyar made a comment on the feedback issue here.

I am confused by the points system. If I get some points, I see others doing good and cannot resist depositing the points I get. So, I get two points and give them away. How is it that some people have a back log? How is it I've given away more points than I have been given?

A: Remember that there are different types of points and collections of points. Click on a person's name (or your own) For example: Jane Doe (46) +|- Feedback positive/negative/bank: +48/-2/1 See the 3 numbers there? The (46) is the sum of Jane's +48 and her -2. These are points that other users have given her in recognition of her contributions (positive and/or negative) to the network. Jane's third number (1 in the example) is her bank. These are the points that she can give to people, threads, individual postings or workspace pages. It's not public information why the bank grows (except we know that when anyone that gives you a person point, you also get half a bank point) but the consensus seems to be that they are given for participation (posting, editing workspace pages, starting groups, starting threads, giving feedback, etc). The levels of bank points earned from these various activities might (though we don't know) depend on the feedback given to those various participation areas or maybe has something to do with the people contributing to discussions that you started or in groups that you started. We (the users) simply don't know.

People

Is there a list of people somewhere?

A:	Not yet thought it might be a god idea...since you asked, why don't you start the list!

How do I find out if a friend is a member of ned.com?

A:	Use the search box at the top of each page--this will find your friend if (s)he has posted and if the name used is exactly the same.

Why do people's names have numbers in parens behind them?

A:	The numbers in parens are the person's feedback score. See /help/feedback for more information.

I see others online at the ned.com site that I'd like to chat with. Can I send them an instant message?

A:	Not directly within the site. You can click on their name, however, and then click on Send a Message to this User and give them your chat program contact info (AIM, Yahoo Messenger, PalTalk, etc) and then have your chat or IM session that way.

how do I send a message?

A:	To send a message via the ned.com private messaging system, simply click the "send a message to this user" tab in the profile of any member. On the message page you can enter a subject and your message. You can then preview the message to see what it will look like or just send it. You can use any of the same punctuation you use elsewhere on ned.com in a message.

Q: How do I send a copy of a page to someone?

A: At the top right of content pages you will see a little email this page. If you click on that link it opens a page where you can enter the address of the person you want to send it to, add a personal note and they receive this email from ned.com.

What does it mean to have friends and how do you get them ?

A: We'll assume you're talking about the "friends" terminology used here on ned.com, and in that case, "friends" indicate people who have given you positive feedback. There's no set formula for how to get new friends here on ned.com, but chances are, if you treat others the way they want to be treated, your friends list will grow. If you're talking more existentially, may I suggest you submit your query to Google :-)

How come sometimes I see my own name in bold, especially when looking at something I've posted in my recent news?

A:	Your name appears in bold when you are a group owner, or in your Personal News, where you're the de facto "group" owner.

Groups

How do I join a group?

A:	This help page is about the mechanics of finding a group to join using the Group Browser and this one is about the Group Home Page (that's where you join)

I have a general lack of knowledge about "good etiquette" practices in this forum. What are the tacit rules here? I assume they exist and that I'll develop a sense for them in time but if they could be articulated somewhere that might help newbies.

A:	The help pages show Ground Rules here.

How do I invite someone to join in on a group here?

A1:	The quick and dirty way is to copy the URL (web address) of a group or workspace or conversation and paste it into a regular-old email written to the person you'd like to invite.
A2:	Another way is to click on the link at the top right of the home tab of a group. You then put in their email address and they receive this email from ned.com

What is a "Member Group"?

A:	A Member group is a group that an owner has chosen to associate with. Here's how it works: For group M to become a member group of group P, an owner of M must join P. Then, she goes into group M's settings, and chooses P as one of the groups to associate with.

What does it mean to be the owner of a group?

A:	There are certain responsibilities that the owners have such

as defining the settings for the group, etc, etc. Some groups let anyone be an owner while others are owned just by one person.

Privacy

Are my posts searchable by Google or other web tools?

The setting that determines if your posts are viewable by anonymous users (including search engines) is determined by the group owner.

Search engine spiders can only index content on ned.com that is available for anonymous users to read. To find out if you are posting in a space open to anonymous users, follow these steps:

Go to the group home page
Click the "about" link
Find the section of the about page labeled "Access policy:"
If the access policy indicates that 'anonymous users can read' then you know you are posting to a space that will be indexed by a search engine.

A note here, all groups owned by the user "Admin User" are by definition viewable by anonymous users (including search spiders.)

Is all communication here public?

A: Not all messages are public. There are three ways to send a private message. * One is when you send feedback. * Another is to click "reply" in the brown bar when someone else has sent a private message to you and you're reading it. * And the third is to go to that person's page (by click on their name when it's a link) and again look at that brown bar. On the right is says "send a message to this user". Click that and away you go!

Discussions

How do I start a new discussion?

Starting a discussion is as simple as:

Find the group where you want to start the discussion
Click "Discussions"
On the new screen, click on "New Topic"
Start editing your discussion title and text

The great thing is that you can go try this and see how it works without ever posting to the network what you created. For example, I first learned how to create a new discussion and use italics, bold, bulleted items, etc, just by experimenting and using the punctuation help link.

What should I do if I feel intimidated by a discussion I would like to join?

A:	Find the person you want to make a contribution to and send them a private note of any kind (even just a "hey how are you"). That should break the ice.

What if a discussion feels out of my league?

A:	Use the search tool above to search for discussions which are similar - chances are there are a few similarly themed discussions on each topic. Browse around some more for things that are more your pace, and if you don't find any, start a new one that's in your league. Or just ask.

How can someone move a discussion or personal item into a group ? This might be like grafting.

A:	Repost it and delete the original

Workspace Pages

What's a workspace page?

A:	A workspace page is a collaborative page that anyone can edit. See /help/Help on: Workspace for more information.

Questions Without Answers

Q:	I also think it would be helpful to newcomers such as myself to understand what specifics, beyond the "values," guided and motivated the network's development.

Newbie Questions

Newcomer's FAQ > Newbie Questions

I'm a new o-net member (just joined today) and I have a few initial questions:

Welcome!

` Is there a place for newbies to post questions? (If so, I couldn't find it.)

Users have created the Newcomer's FAQ although editing workspaces may be beyond many new people's capacity. Obviously you managed it quite well. Could you help us organize a Welcome Wagon group?

` Do we have an option for creating (private) notes to ourselves, for planning, research, etc.?

No.

` Is there any way to bookmark or tag people about whom we want to read more?

If you give a person positive feedback, that person will then be on your list of people you've given positive feedback to. That's the best we can answer, at the moment.

Also, I'm not sure where or how to link this page to make it more visible to others. If you happen to find this page, please let me know!

I've linked to it from the Newcomer's FAQ page.

this email from ned.com

From the Newcomer's FAQ

Q: How do I invite someone to join in on a group here?

A: Another way is to click on the link at the top right of the home tab of a group. You then put in their email address and they receive this email from ned.com

Here is a transcript of the mail your friends will receive:

Dear foo@isp.com,

YourName has invited you to join the ned.com group Mathematics for everything and more!

In order to accept this invitation to join the group, you'll need to create an account at www.ned.com/home by clicking the "join us now" link in the yellow box on the left side of this page:

http://www.ned.com/home/

The sign-up process is quick and easy. All you need to do is give us your email address, and we'll email you your password.

Once you sign in, click on the green "my ned.com" tab at the top of the page, and you'll see a list of groups you're invited to join. Simply click on the group name and decide whether or not to accept the invitation by clicking the "join this group" button.

Thank you for using ned.com!

The ned.com Team

Q: How do I send a copy of a page to someone?

A: At the top right of content pages you will see a little email this page. If you click on that link it opens a page where you can enter the address of the person you want to send it to, add a personal note and they receive this email from ned.com.

Here is the sample transcript of the mail they could get (but only if you click the link for the same page I did.

Dear foo@isp.com,

You have been sent this message from YourName as a courtesy of ned.com.

Personal message: here is the text

NedWeek: tales of weekly action and c... http://www.ned.com/group/communi ty-general/news/35/

ned.com is an online community where you can pursue your passion to make the world a better place and connect with others who share your interests. To learn more, click here:

http://www.ned.com/home/

Help on: RSS Feeds

UP | Help Index

Why use RSS?

RSS is an easy way to keep track of what's happening on ned.com. By using RSS you can automatically be notified of changes to your favorite discussions or workspace pages - or items tagged with a particular tag.

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a file format for distributing Website content as "feeds." Using a feed reader (also called a newsreader or RSS reader or aggregator), you can automatically receive notifications when content, like an omidyar.net discussion, is updated.

How do I use RSS for ned.com content?

To read RSS files, you need to use a Web browser (like Firefox or Safari) that handles RSS feeds, a Web service that processes RSS feeds or a standalone feed reader.

RSS readers are programs or Web services that allow you to "subscribe" to a feed and then automatically receive notification when new content has been added.

To find a newsreader (many are free!), use your favorite search engine and search for "RSS readers."

Once you have a program you want to use, follow the steps below to subscribe to one of the ned.com feeds:

Right click the feed link (located under the "who's online" list on any discussion or workspace) and copy the link location.
Paste the link location into your news reader.
That's it! Now your program will notify you when new content is available on ned.com.

NOTE: In some cases (if a group is not open to anonymous users) you may be required to enter your ned.com username and password to access the feed (see also the bloglines instructions below).

What feeds are available on ned.com?

You can subscribe to any discussion, personal news item or workspace page on ned.com. There are also several personalized feeds based on your activity on omidyar.net. See below for details. To access these feeds, visit the Personalized RSS Feeds page.

Recent Discussions: Provides a feed of the 50 most recently-updated discussions found in any of the groups in which you are a member.
Unread Recent Discussions: Provides a feed of the 50 most recently-updated, but unread by you, discussions found in any of the groups in which you are a member. A discussion is considered unread if you haven't read the topic yet, or if a comment has been added since the last time you read it (anywhere you'd see a 'new to me' link).
Recent Workspace Pages: Provides a feed of the 50 most recently-updated workspace pages found in any of the groups in which you are a member. Includes full text of each page.
Recent Workspace Page Summary: Provides a feed of the 200 most recently-updated workspace pages found in any of the groups in which you are a member. Does not include text of page.
Recent Comments: Provides a feed of the 50 most recent comments on discussions from all of your groups, whether or not they are unread.
Unread Recent Comments: Provides a feed of the 50 most recent unread comments on discussions found in any of the groups in which you are a member. This feed also provides links to easily mark as 'read' the comments, discussions, or groups contained in the feed.
My Watch List: Provides a feed of every discussion and workspace page in your watch list.
My Threads: Provides a feed of 50 most recent discussions you have participated in.
My Thread Comments: Provides a feed of 50 most recent comments on discussions you have participated in.

Comments/Questions

There's no feed for all personal news?

If using bloglines to see one's ned.com content... and having to use the password... should such bloglines be kept private to protect security of the password...i.e. is the password vulnerable if left in public feed, i.e something that might go on a blogroll...

Tool for making personalized RSS URL

Help on: RSS Feeds > Tool for making personalized RSS URL

This page is designed to help you get a web address in this form: https://email%40domain.com:passw ord@ned.com/my/feed/

This tool won't work (yet) if you have special characters in your password.

Type your email address and password below and then click the resulting link. You may be asked if you want to continue. Click yes. Then click on the feed you want.

This is where you'll enter what we need.

roster

Roster

A list of all the members of a group.

If a group's owner decides to make the roster public, it can be seen by clicking the "about" link in the brown navigation bar above the group home page.

Did you know?

To return to the page you were just viewing, just click the "back" button on your Web browser.

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