Election 2008 is remarkable for so many reasons. As agents of social change, there is a great deal the nonprofit sector can learn from Election 2008. couple of examples: http://www.youtube.com/johnmccain and ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUAiGbNp8oI Go Mobile: Mobile applications have surged in this 2008 and some predict it will make the difference Lauren-Glenn Davitian, CCTV Center for Media and Democracy Election For the first time in U.S.

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. is Transparency - and the best example of that is what the Indianapolis Art Museum has done with its pubic metrics on its web site . | View | Upload your own The The above slide show was created based on all the information I gathered from my network below.

So, here's my plea for examples and pointers .. If you have an example or any insights, please leave a comment. When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. I mentioned a link from IBM via Elsua (Luis Suarez). Carmen left me a follow up comment .

Yes, you have to do a bit more than just typing to add the images and format the style of the page, but there are simple templates to work with as well (for example, this blog is served on a standard Blogger template). In these examples, staff are continually producing new content and interacting with the community via comment boards and other uploaded user-generated content. On Monday, David Klevan (from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) and I spoke at the MAAM Creating Exhibitions conference about Web 2.0 and museums.

In the past, I have highlighted the value of web dominance and in 2003 talked about the value of "web superiority" with the hope of flooding the chatter, setting the tempo and message online no matter where online influentials looked they would see your message. Dominating web communities and online traffic with ideas should become a strategic goal of both large and small organizations.

This example is from the technology side, not the association side, but I think it illustrates the point beautifully. Says: July 22nd, 2008 at 2:43 pm The best part of Lijit (beyond your interesting technology) is that you stepped up, listened, responded, and gave us insight into what comes next. Stock answers, avoidance of a direct acknowledgment of the issues, any kind of brush-off, can now have hugely detrimental consequences. I would Lijit is a search and stats tool that allows you to put up a little widget on your blog (see mine over there on the right) so your readers can search not only your blog, but also your social networks and other social spaces, and your friends' sites too, for specific content.

Here’s an example. I’ve started working with more and more Wordpress-based nonprofit Web sites such as those at asianamericansforobama.com and apaforprogress.org , stepping in after the site has been set up. What follows is a checklist of common errors that I’ve seen that you can use with your site designer if your non-profit is creating a Wordpress site.

Be A Voice for Darfur is an excellent example of multi-channel campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur.  For example, for the Save Darfur Petition, there are over a dozen other Darfur and Human Rights Causes featuring the petition. that you might be passionate about, and it certainly is a good example of Geoff Livingston  and Qui Diaz are behind this brilliant multi-channel campaign that is using social media for social good.  But But before I examine the tactical aspects, let's look at the compelling reason why this

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. * March for Women's Lives allowed people who couldn't march to post messages and stories on the March for Women's Lives' web site. * Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation created a site for young people. care about. Examples * BeliefNet has prayer circles where people can share prayers for specific people. Think about the last time you did something for a cause. Maybe you gave them money.

By the 2008 NTEN shindig in New Orleans, Twitter was an incredible asset. For example, @johnmerritt, who works as IT Director for a SoCal YMCA , did a Twitter survey about email server message limits. Skeptics take note - I agree with you that Twitter , the " microblogging " service that your friends are pressuring you to join, appears to be the ultimate synthesis of vanity and wasted time. All of that potential is there, and, worse, the service seems to advertise those traits as its raison d'etre.