The long tail concept comes to life in the hundreds of thousands of niche communities that are exploding on to the social media scene. discovered that when it comes to dishn' with your virtual girlfriends the communities are as diverse as well. Ask Patty - Jody DeVere created the first community to help women learn about cars.

In her new book, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause , Kivi Leroux Miller asserts that in the "Connected Age" marketers have to learn to become community managers vs. But the real question is, HOW do you become a community manager and/or how do you find the right person for the job?

Former Talk Show Host Jenny Jones Announces Continuation of Community Grant Program Deadline: Open Talk show host and philanthropist Jenny Jones has announced that she will donate an additional $1 million to continue her Jenny's Heroes ( [link] ) community grant program. Tags: community building RFP community grants

In Seattle KEXP 90.3FM is now accepting applications for the 2009 Community Partnerships program which promotes one Seattle area non-profit each month. Application information can be found online at: [link] org/about/ partnership. Tags: RFP community grants KEXP.org.Deadline to apply is August 22, 2008.

This nationwide initiative will award $25,000 grants to individuals to help complete community projects. Passionate, inspiring candidates with a project that could make a lasting change in their community can enter at www.MarkhamMarkofDistinction.com. For more information about the winery, please visit www.markhamvineyards.com.

Can your nonprofit's supporters (volunteers, donors, community collaborators) or your agency's beneficiaries (clients, etc.) If they can, would any segment of these key stakeholders lose access to information about your organization's latest work and current goals if you removed one version of the newsletter? Perhaps you have!

You want people to use your association's new online community and social network? Just like there are stages for welcoming a new member who joins your association, so are there stages for welcoming a member who joins your online community for the first time. Can I trust these people with my information? I know anyone here?

Council on Foundations offers information and links to community foundations serving those affected by Hurricane Katrina

For more information, or to register for the next Twitter Island, see The Institute for Applied Tweetonomics. Tags: arts arts participation collaboration community cultural participation culture events NPtech online social media social networking technology tools twitter Twitter Island. digress.) How did you recruit volunteers?

Her post and all the comments are worth reading and considering carefully, but the most powerful words (IMHO) are contributed by Brian Reich: "To be successful today, you must focus on the content - the substance of what you do, and whether that provides something to the community, or audience, that is valued. That simply won’t work.