Greater generational differences appear when it comes to reasons for social networking and selecting virtual destinations. While younger users are more likely to have a presence on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, older users often find their way to interactive games, chat rooms, and online activities where they can engage with peers. ‘How Users ages 18 to 24 are primarily headed to sites focused on nightlife, professional wrestling, comics and Sami Hassanyeh, AARP Personal Personal computers, cell phones, digital assistants, and the Internet have fundamentally changed

Facebook , LinkedIn , MySpace , and Twitter do that just fine. Tags: Blogroll Knowledge Management Nonprofits Social Networks Tech User Generated Content Web 2.0 boston cambridge conference elgg facebook linkedin myspace Twitte The question one finds asking themselves before taking any task of considerable effort is whether they really want to do it. This past weekend, I exerted some effort to get myself from Washington D.C.

A couple of good articles about how nonprofits are using myspace and some dos and don'ts this week. Much of the advice is transferable to other social networking spaces. (I have a myspace site but I haven't done any deep experimination. I set it up so I could help some friends with teens who are it and hopefully by the time my kids are teens there will be a different technology use pattern to master ...) MySpace and Political Campaigns Joshua Levy at the Personal He interviewed Scott Goodstein, who has worked on the Save the Internet, Save1800Suicide and Military Free Zone campaigns, and Ivan Boothe of the Genocide Intervention Network.

The Dogs Trust seem to have embraced user-generated content with gusto. We first suggested the idea at the end of 2005 and while it took some time for the charity to come round (the growth of services like Flickr and Photobucket , and social networking websites like MySpace helped here), the people there embraced our vision pretty quickly. It was also an exciting way for us to work: generating an idea and then selling it to a client - instead of waiting for clients to ask us to solve their problems. I only recently stumbled across the Dog Trust’s photo-sharing community, DoggySnaps.com .

content. David steered me to their most popular discussion board , on which visitors are prompted to share their memories of reading the diary of Anne Frank. Specifically, the page says: Share Your Thoughts: Do you remember the first time you read the Diary of Anne Frank? Please share your memories of reading that book, and its impact on you. Did the information in this Web site surprise you or change your view of Anne? In a six month period ending last month, 655 comments were submitted to this boa rd. (For comparison, the most commented-upon museum blog, Botany

With multiple generations in the workforce and fundraisers trying to reach all segments of the population, it's necessary to tailor your fundraising and volunteer need requests to fit your audience. Generation Y, sometimes referred to as the Echo Boomers because of their huge numbers (according to the US Census there are 3x as many Gen Ys as there are Gen Xers), has a reputation for being peer-oriented due, in part, to the reliance on instant communication technologies and the Internet, including email, IMs, texting and social media components like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

Here’s what I tell non-technical people: Twitter is like an away message in AIM, a status message in Facebook, Linked In, or MySpace, and what you tell people what is on your mind or what you about to do when people ask you. If you have a blog or website that has regular updates and are currently publishing a generated RSS feed, you can capitalize on this on your efforts to tweet automatically. I was having a conversation the other day with a friend of mine about “Robots that tweet for you” when I mentioned that our company Beaconfire Consulting had successfully mastered the art of Tweeting without actually Tweeting.

We have a significant presence built up over the last 18-24 months on major sites like Facebook and Myspace. Winning caption by Zelda - Westlake, OH Last week, the WeAreMedia project discussed and built Module 3: Sharing Your Story Social Media Style . I put the call out for some case studies and Carie Lewis, the HSUS, Social Media Rock Star, took the time to share her story about the success and challenges of

There's been a lot of discussion over the past week about Causes leaving MySpace and becoming a Facebook-only application. In a sense, the news isn't that surprising (being a for-profit company , Causes must focus on platforms generating the most commercial interest), but it's raised a lot of questions about how closely the nonprofit community aligns itself with commercial tools. The access debate aside, the removal of Causes from MySpace where My colleague Amy wrote in a Stanford Social Innovation Review column , "The debate around social media and the Internet in general as a leveling force is still heated from all sides.

Must say I am really NOT happy to be back in the office, especially having seen the discussions going on on the ASAE marketing and exec listserves - one on Myspace and Facebook, the other on generational differences. Tags: Facebook generations associations social media ASA Did'ja miss me? I can't summarize properly for anyone who has not seen them, so won't try, because my brain is mush after a seemingly endless day trying to catch up, but suffice it to say that there's a lot of negativity being expressed by a lot of people.