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This document contains a library of patterns used by sites in the Web 2.0 landscape to support the new user sign-up and ramp-up experience. By leveraging the patterns we identified across twenty applications, you'll learn how to get users to join and participate in your network or application.

High-impact nonprofits build social movements and fields; they transform business, government, other nonprofits, and individuals; and they change the world around them. In the end, six patterns crystallized into the form presented here—the six practices that high-impact nonprofits use to achieve extraordinary impact. These nonprofits: Work with government and advocate for policy change Harness market forces and see business as a powerful partner Convert individual supporters into evangelists for the cause Build and nurture nonprofit networks, treating other groups as allies Adapt to the changing environment Share leadership, empowering others to be forces for good