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And next Google product to walk the plank could be Google Alerts - thank god there is a terrific alternative (Mention) and even if Google Alerts lives and it was all just a rumor, I staying with mention.
Google Trust
I run my business largely on Google's platform: email, files, calendar, my telephone number and easy syncing across multiple devices. I'm also a power user of Google's Android mobile operating system - it's my choice for both phone and tablet. Of course, Google is my default search engine and ...
Thanks so much for the shout out for the guest post!
Weekend Link Roundup (November 6 - 7, 2010)
Our weekly roundup of new and noteworthy posts from and about the nonprofit sector.... Communications/Marketing On her Non-Profit Marketing blog, Katya Andresen reminds nonprofit marketers why the old adage "less is more" is as relevant as ever. Diversity "Underestimating the critical role of ...
Mitch - aren't FLIP cameras wonderful!! Thanks for writing about the Network Nonprofit - we appreciate it!
A 'Flip' Chat With...Allison Fine, Co-Author, 'The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting With Social Media to Drive Change'
(This is the eighth in our series of conversations with thought leaders in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. You can access other chats in the series here, including our conversation with Liz Dwyer, education ambassador for the Pepsi Refresh Project.) In the blink of an eye, it seems, we ...
Roger: I'm glad you liked the reflection questions. Worked very hard on those!!
Should Your Nonprofit Call 911?
Last night I was sitting in a restaurant eating my BBQ chicken dinner while reading my copy of The Networked Nonprofit. Suddenly I noticed some unusual movement. Several emergency vehicles pulled up near the front door. In moments, people in uniform quickly moved through the door to the back ...
Thank you so much for your kind words and the review. Hope the book helps you with your work.
Is your non-profit "networked"?
Thankfully, most of us have gotten beyond the point of calling social media a “fad.” But lots of folks still don’t know quite what to make of it – or how to implement it. This is especially true with non-profit organizations, and with good reason. It takes lots of time, talent and resources...
Thanks for the pointer to your post! So true. The conference was inspiring and great reminder about making time and space for mindfulness. It sounds like you're much better about that than me!
Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World
Soren Gordhamer,Wisdom 2.0 Summit Organizer I am filled with gratitude to Soren Gordhamer for his vision of bringing together an amazing group of people who work in the area of mindfulness and technology for Wisdom 2.0, a three-day event aimed at addressing an compelling issue: "The question f...
What have you discovered?
Spreadsheet Aerobics: Actionable Measurement for Social Media
Photo by Metro Library and Archive I'm working with a small group of Packard Foundation grantees on a social media lab where they are implementing different social media experiments. Part of the process includes regular check-in calls to reflect on what we're learning. I have been thinking ...
Thanks for sharing your insights here. I used to track things annecdotely as well, but when I actually committed to putting it in a spreadsheet and looking at and thinking at it - I got deeper insights about what worked and what didn't.
Spreadsheet Aerobics: Actionable Measurement for Social Media
Photo by Metro Library and Archive I'm working with a small group of Packard Foundation grantees on a social media lab where they are implementing different social media experiments. Part of the process includes regular check-in calls to reflect on what we're learning. I have been thinking ...
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Mar 4, 2010
Thank you Becky! You've been a terrific friend and colleague over the years - all ten or twelve or 15 of them...I lost count!
Thank you Beth! & Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Beth Kanter! Beth is an inspiration to me. Her passion and dedication to learning, and sharing is profound. When I've needed help, Beth has been there. When I was looking for resources, insights, how-tos, Beth has been there sharing all the way. So this is my little way o...
that's good point .. now have to figure out how to point people over to it at the Itunes store .. :-)
Beth's Blog: The Iphone App Version
I'm making my way back from vacation, slowly. I wanted to quickly share a new service called AppMakr that allows anyone - even me - to easily create an iPhone app - for less than $200. With just a few clicks, I created an iPhone version of my blog. The service provides a very user friendl...
Yes, the main value is to identify influencers. He had examples of it being used to evaluate against a social media strategy. You have to understand sna to get the most use of out it.
Can Social Network Analysis Help You Improve Your Social Media Strategy?
2009 - Connected Action - Marc Smith - Social Media Network Analysis View more presentations from Marc Smith. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit, co-authored with Allison Fine, we provide an overview of mapping your social network in Twitter and other sites using some of the social networ...
Terrific post! I came across your post by serendipity while I was thinking about the importance of sand boxes. I think the ideas are related.
For this to happen, you need do need an organizational culture that values serendipity. The first point:
(Include room in your time and budget for cultivating topics, people, and events that will not have a direct correlated return but fall into your general range of business) is hard for many nonprofits because they are under-resourced. Time has to be spent working in deliverables.
But, I'm convinced that time invested in serependipity - as you describe - does pay you back. But, leaders in an organization need to be convinced of this.
Making me think of the ROI of serendipity.
5 Ways to Orchestrate Serendipity
I've been using the term 'orchestrated serendipity' for a while and that may make no sense. Serendipity is supposed to be a happy accident so trying to orchestrate it is a bit of an oxymoron. What I mean by it however, is that although you cannot define precisely what kind of serendipity you...
@afine
If you click through to link to the experiment that Geoff and I did, you'll see the theory may not pan. In my case, the followers were added from the Twitter SUL - not through relationship building. I don't have the capacity to know the followers, network weave, - its beyond the dunbar number. That doesn't create social capital. Yesterday on Twitter, Kathy Sierra had a couple of really insightful points - she said that the number isn't necessarily meaningless.
A very clarifying point - that the number is meaningless unless there is CONTEXT.
Why is the number of followers increasing? or decreasing? What insights does that provide?
Reminded me of a post I wrote awhile back about harvesting insights with metrics
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2009/01/using-metrics-and-insight-harvesting-to-track-and-improve-your-blog-content.html
Measure the Impact, Not the Influence
You Can't Eat Whuffie...but it's getting harder to eat without it View more documents from Tara Hunt. I was fortunate enough to be part of a webinar organized by Steve Cunningham with Tara Hunt. Tara presented the ideas in her book, The Whuffie Factor and I got to share a few ideas about ...
Great post! See you tonight!
What Tweetsgiving means to me
[Mama Lucy Kampton and some Tweetsgiving recipients. Photo by Tim Llewellyn] Almost any author will tell you the same thing. There are parts to their books that become part of them. There are moments we write about, which change the paths we take in life. When I was writing Naked Conversat...
Thanks so much for adding your thoughts to the discussion! I'll add this post the wiki.
Balancing Content With Engagement To Create Harmony
Harmony Originally uploaded by Jamison. Beth Kanter, a real thought leader in the nonprofit social media space wrote a blog post about creating a social content strategy, my concerns about the semantics of "content marketing," aside. I thought I'd answer one of the four questions Beth asked of...
Thanks for the shout out!
Weekend Link Roundup (November 14 - 15, 2009)
Our weekly roundup of new and noteworthy posts from and about the nonprofit sector.... Accountability/Transparency In a recent post on the GiveWell blog, Holden Karnofsky takes the Carter Center to task for its lack of accountability and transparency. Communications/Marketing "Listening is eve...
Jason:
Thanks for sharing this information - do you have a case study or would you like to do an interview?
Beth
A Tale of Two Nonprofit and Social Media Adoption Surveys
Social Impact Nonprofit Social Media Survey View more presentations from Weber Shandwick Social Impact. The results of two new research studies about nonprofits and adoption of social media were released this week. One focuses on telling nonprofits not to bother with social media, the othe...
Oh, please tell more about you're thinking - looking for examples of social program delivery .. have something you are planning?
WeAreMedia: A Larger Context For Social Media for Program Delivery - Next Nonprofit Report
Source: Nonprofit Next Report form David LaPiana Last week we invited people to help us crowd source a Hollywood Ending for the WeAreMedia Wiki. We've spent the last 18 months focused on how social media can support communications and fundraising strategies and now it is time to turn attenti...
Joanne: Thanks for your comment! There is actually a Twitter List API - so expect all sorts of fun stuff. I think sesmic or some other aps have started to incorporate it - stay tuned. B
Twitter Rolls Out Beta Retweet Feature: Will It Generate TMRT? (Too much Re Tweeting)
Twitter has been rolling out new features for its web interface to small groups to get feedback and then onto full roll out. It did this with Twitter Lists. Over the weekend, I noticed that Twitter's beta retweet feature was available on my account and played around with it. Brian Solis pi...
Ping me when you share your slides - would love to see your presentation. B
Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits
Compasspoint Workshop Slides - Beta View more presentations from kanter. Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a "Social Media Strategy Map" workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. The workshop was hosted by Compasspoint, with support from the Lucile and David Packard Foundation. ...
If you are with an association and want to know about social media, connect with Maddie Grant. She's one of the most knowledgeable!
WeAreMedia: Nonprofit Program Delivery and Social Media
Photo: Bread for the World The most common application of social media is for fundraising and marketing. But what about using social media as part of program delivery. Do we have examples of using nonprofits using social media for: Volunteer or board recruitment strategy Ooutreach or educa...
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