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A Social Media Strategy for Scientific Research or Policy Impact

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy? Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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The Mother-Led Movement to Save Our Kids’ Climate

Saleforce Nonprofit

We need to normalize those conversations, and then involve our children in acting with us for the climate. It’s important to know a little about the issue and what some good resources are, to help us have those conversations. Start talking about it! Even with young children. Telling the truth is key. Read up on the topic.

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Following the Social Media Conversation for PR - Bryan Person and Doug Haslam

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Comparing current tools in use or consideration to expectations for 2008, the following show an expected increase in interest in: Podcasts, Video blogs, Mobile video/image/text submission, Citizen Journalism, Micro-Blogging, and Virtual Worlds. The emphasis of the session was on how to find conversations online and respond to them.

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Celebrate Today: One Web. For All.

Amy Sample Ward

OneWebDay opens up techie conversations to everyone. The only way, in my view, to bring those you aren’t connected or participating online into the conversations, especially those on digital inclusion, to help shape policies and changes for creating one web that really does serve everyone. Creating for All.

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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What surprised me though, was the share pair report out exercise, “What are the conversation starters about concerns that your organization needs to have to build a social media policy?&# I was surprised that most of the topics were tactical and how to questions. And, they’re issues not to be taken lightly.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Lili Wang

ASU Lodestar Center

We’d like to provide our readers with a peek into what we do each day to accomplish our mission by introducing members of the faculty and staff via short interviews and conversations. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. Meet the folks who are here to help you and your nonprofit succeed! Lili Wang, Ph.D.,

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. She has worked across multiple low and middle-income countries in both policy and research capacities. What Ideas Were Generated? Senior Program Associate, The Rockefeller Foundation. Molly Emmett.

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