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New on SSIR: Effects of Joining the Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

The Hatcher Group , a Maryland-based public affairs and communications firm, released a great report this past Fall called New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals (PDF). Tags: issues otherblogs socialmedia adoption conversation report research social media ssir.

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Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input

Forum One

I was invited to present last week at the University of Maryland's Human Computer Interaction Lab's workshop on Government and Social Media. Tags: Influence Collaboration Government Internet Strategy. We also saw some very cool examples of how to use NodeXL to map and understand social networks.

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Goverment and Social Media: Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input

Forum One

I was invited to present last week at the University of Maryland's Human Computer Interaction Lab's workshop on Government and Social Media. Tags: Influence Collaboration Government Internet Strategy Social Media. We also saw some very cool examples of how to use NodeXL to map and understand social networks.

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Social Media and Health Care (at SxSW)

Forum One

Three panelists steered the discussion: Ed Bennett, Manager of Web Operations at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Social Media. A Twitter list of session attendees by Ed Bennett ( request to join ). Use the Twitter hashtag #er20 to continue the conversation.

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Game Friday: I Feel. Connected?

Museum 2.0

The college student in Maryland feels ambivalent. design Unusual Projects and Influences usercontent game. Tags: web2.0 This is another example of an application (like the Hope Garden ) that DOES make the world seem a little smaller, but beyond that, there's not a lot of depth to the experience. Social connections?

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Guest Post by Michael Hoffman: Viral Video for Nonprofits - A Rethinking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of our biggest viral video hits was this video for the Maryland State Teachers Association. Because the goal of the video was to influence a debate about education funding and the state-level policy-makers and journalists that matter in that debate all heard about it, passed it on, and watched it. Tags: vlog.

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Viral Video for Nonprofits - A Rethinking

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One of our biggest viral video hits was this video for the Maryland State Teachers Association. Because the goal of the video was to influence a debate about education funding and the state-level policy-makers and journalists that matter in that debate all heard about it, passed it on, and watched it. It only has about 2000 views.

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