Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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Social Media ennui

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have social media ennui. I’m tired of reading and hearing about about social media and nonprofits, and I’m annoyed that social media is taking up so much of the air space in the #nptech world. The apps I use most on my phone include the Facebook app for Android and Tweetdeck.

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Facebook Ad Platform

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Facebook Ad Platform November 13, 2007 It always takes me a bit to digest new Web 2.0 news, so I’m just now blogging about last week’s news that Facebook launched a new ad platform.

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Real Social CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So I do have social media ennui , but I am also somewhat of a data geek, and cool ways of moving social media data into one’s nonprofit data workflow is pretty important in my most humble opinion. This post on Social CRM is not going to contain one buzz phrase. It’s all done via OAuth, which is cool.

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Social CRM, part 1

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As you know, I don’t blog much about social media. But I have to admit, this idea of social CRM piqued my interest. The truth is, if @kanter asks me about something that is related to social media, it must be important, so I’d better figure it out. He has a great post on the use cases for Social CRM.

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Email is dead … long live Email?

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More recently, facebook and twitter were considered likely candidates for killing it off. Recent studies suggest that there is a demographic shift happening – social media being more primary communications avenues for Millenials and Gen Y, and email for everyone older. 8) Diaspora: Diaspora is a Facebook alternative.

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External, alienated, busy-busy

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As you might know, almost a year ago, I made a big change in my use of social media – I segregated my social graph – work related stuff moved to LinkedIn and Twitter, and personal friends only on Facebook. I won’t be using the 1/2 dozen or social media accounts that I have.

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The. End. (for now)

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And I’ll be Google+ing (rather than Tweeting, which is mostly for my writing , or Facebooking, which is friends/family) interesting Tech and NPTech topics as they come along and are discussed. You don’t need to hear from me about the newest web tools – you have ReadWriteWeb and Mashable for that, among others.

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