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MARCH 9, 2012

Ditch the Community Manager. Hire the Community Analyst | | : Ask people who only loosely pay attention to the social media echo chamber what their definition of “community management” is and you’re likely to receive several different versions. The most likely of which would include something about answering a customer’s complaint on Twitter. I’m not a community manager by any stretch of the imagination, but even I know that is a very narrow definition of what a community manager does.

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MARCH 9, 2012

Geekathon builds charity website in 24 hours - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits : A group of IT volunteers have designed and built a microsite and intranet facilities for a Cornwall charity in a 24-hour ‘Geekathon’. The Sensory Trust won a prize draw for local charities organised by Employ a Geek, to receive 24 consecutive hours of IT support.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Are You Effectively Using LinkedIn at Your Non-Profit? : While most non-profits realize the benefits of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, far fewer organizations fully realize the inherent power of LinkedIn.

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MARCH 9, 2012

Red Cross Launches Social Media Disaster Response Center : The Red Cross and Dell have jointly launched a Digital Operations Center, the first social media-monitoring platform dedicated to humanitarian relief. The Digital Operations Center will equip the Red Cross to better share safety and preparedness tips during natural disasters.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Philanthropy in the 21st Century: A Guide for Thinkers and Doers - Forbes : In advance of the Global Philanthropy Forum to be held April 16-18, I interviewed President and co-founder Jane Wales, who launched the Forum in 2001 in partnership with leading Silicon Valley philanthropists who shared a conviction that individuals are not only capable of advancing human security, environmental stewardship, and improved quality of life, but that they must.

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MARCH 6, 2012

From Komen to Limbaugh, what can companies do when affiliations misfire? : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism : These case studies are quite interesting from the marketing, advertising, consumer relations, corporate governance and other points of view. And of course, the impact of social media on corporate image and crisis management is quite riveting; McDonald’s just had to issue this Facebook apology after a joking reference to pit bulls in a Chicken McBites ad, for

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MARCH 9, 2012

Why I LOVE Storify for Event Planners | Tradeshow Insight : As I prepared for a joint workshop presentation with the fantastic (and closet karaoke queen) Desiree Lehrbaum from Lumen Consulting, I did my usual survey of the social landscape to re-evaulate existing tools and discover new ones to fit our topic on How to Create, Equip, and Manage an Event Tech, Mobile, and Social Media Toolbox.

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