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Twitter for Activism Tool VS Strategy Debate and A New Twitter Activism Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is an inherent tension between strategy and tactical implementation of using social media to support a campaign's objectives or nonprofit's mission, whether the goal is fundraising, marketing, or taking action. Ivan ends with this advice: Begin with your campaign's strategy — the food you want to eat. The alternative?

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ethan Zuckerman recently did an analysis of tweets from Moldova and found this to be true. He ends with a call to action to organizations about understanding, working with, and leveraging the cloud. His advice: (1) Embrace the cloud - it isn't evil. supports for the sharing of connectivity, information, knowledge and power.

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