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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is really bizarre, but this afternoon I've been struggling with the notion about the connection between individual adoption and organizational adoption of social media tools like Facebook or others. Corporate types resist the adoption of these technologies, and then, subsequently embrace them. Of YouTube? Of Facebook?

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What about Pscyho Socialgraphics?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Socialgraphics : I have been using the Forrest Social Technographics framework, but it was developed a while ago and the environment has changed. Knowledge and learning – For users interested in research, information, bookmarking, and more search and browse-related activities, provide ways to share discoveries.

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My New Year's Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently - 52 Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The economic crisis has changed the external environment. Are you using the social media tools most efficiently and effectively given the environment , the changes in the tools, and your goals? For example, are you bookmarking everything you come across into del.icio.us Are you impulse adopting tools?

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Geeks for Good: Technology Evangelism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few days ago, I got a ping from Deborah Finn via a social bookmarking service with a pointer to the same book - " Nonprofits and Technology: Emerging Research for Usable Knowledge " One of the chapters is called "Geeks for Good: Technology Evangelism and the Role of Circuit Riders in. MediaJumpStart, 2002).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. This week was Blog Action Day for the Environment. Social Bookmarking.

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Tagging and Communities of Practice - Reflections from KM

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. One of her points resonated with some other reflections I'm seeing on this side of the pond from early adopters in the nonprofit space in using tagging for resource sharing. Not the early adopters suffering from Alzheimers ) What's their secret? e-collaboration???

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

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For example, The Trustees works to protect the environment in Massachusetts and they geotag themselves in locations throughout the state thus expanding their reach. That’s an incredibly high donor retention rate for a set of tools that are still in their early adoption phase. Utilize Geotags. 10) Study Facebook Business Suite.

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