Gold Medaling in Social Media and Arts Organizations, guest post by James Nickerson. I have been a singer with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus for 10 years, and its social media manager for the last three. Above all, the Olympic sized theme we walked away with is Arts organizations lead the way in social media innovation. MORE >>

Seven Ways Your Organization can Put Privacy Into Practice – and Why Guest Post by Taryn Degnan. With a little help from Mozilla Manifesto , here are seven basic privacy principles to keep your organization in check and help guide your decisions on social campaigns, privacy policies and more: No surprises. Photo by Sean MacEntee. MORE >>

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Million in donations for charities this past winter. MORE >>

Some on the list are very known in the nonprofit sector, and others are completely under the radar and providing some very valuable resources to the nonprofit sector. Marnie Webb: @webb from San Francisco, CA. Susan Tenby: @suzboop from San Francisco, CA. Sean Stannard-Stockton: @tactphil from San Francisco, CA. MORE >>

Note from Beth: The Social Media for Nonprofits Conference is returning to San Francisco on October 11th. Your audience may care about your organization a bit, but what they  really care about is the kids or animals you serve, and the impact you have in the world. Guillaume Decugis, CEO, Scoop.it 1- Timing is Everything. MORE >>