Issue: February 2011
New Free Online Community Connects Association and Nonprofit Leaders, Volunteers and Organizations
Recognizing a need to connect nonprofit leaders and provide opportunities to collaborate and share best practices and other information, a free, online community called EdBoard.com was launched. The site is dedicated social space to connect with others, to share ideas, discuss lessons and experiences, and to help organizations succeed.
"Most nonprofits are trying to make the world a better place. Yet, after working in the nonprofit sector for many years, it was clear that nonprofit leaders face significant challenges to achieving their goals," said Ken Krueger, founder and CEO of EdBoard.com. "Despite these challenges, there are some brilliant people doing some amazing things. What the entire sector needed was a more efficient means of sharing these innovations and best practices."
Visitors to the site are able to create personal profiles similar to other social sites, and then can connect with other association and nonprofit leaders through shared interests, background similarities, or mutual connections. The site also enables members to upload and download documents and files to share substantive, value-added content.
According to Krueger, this ability to share user-generated content is what sets the website apart. "Paradoxically, EdBoard.com is both a tool and the object that the tool is building. It is a tool that helps nonprofit leaders advance their organizations, but is also something that constantly grows as it is built by and for nonprofit leaders."