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The Art of Aligning Social Media Strategy With Communications Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Remixing Social Media Strategy Game View more presentations from kanter. I'm so glad she did because for a while I've been wanting to better understand how a social media strategy can best align with overall communications strategies and where the nuances of implementation may different. And where are the tensions?

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The Interpretive Dance of Social Media Adoption

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2007, Michael Wesch , a digital anthropologist, created this striking video called The Machine is Us/ing Us , to explain in five minutes what the Web 2.0 Over the years, I used this exercise for different audiences, from filmmakers to university professionals. Not so much how to use it, but how to use effectively.

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! . Did it make a difference?

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Trend Blend 2009: A Map of Time and Tide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. There's a difference, it's a little broader than social media. It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson.

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The best remix of one of my Cambodian Photos by Arn Chorn Pond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We're building a website for students all over the world that profiles five different human rights awards winners. Our projected launch date is Fall 2007 (late September or early October). One of them is an amazing man named Arn Chorn Pond, who survived the Cambodian genocide. The site is currently in BETA form.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

on Facebook, Network for Good, Global Giving and Parade Magazine in 2007. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them. Charity SmackDown had teams of celebrities paired with corporate sponsors to raise money for nine different charities.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He has set up campaigns on seven different personal fundraising platforms: ChipIn - FirstGiving - GiveMeaning - SixDegrees - Fundable - Change.org - JustGive.org Britt Bravo points us to " Socially Responsible Idol " a write up about the NetSquared Innovation Award nomination and voting process by Jessica Guynn on SFGate.

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