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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). One organization had particular success using Twitter to facilitate its state policy work.

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Help a Nonprofit Cross the Digital Divide This Summer

Tech Soup

You're reading the TechSoup blog, so you're probably already comfortable with using technology in your work. But there are millions of nonprofit staffers who don't have the skills to use technology to do more good. Los Angeles, California: Summer Event in the Works on Technology-Business­-Social Responsibility.

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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. Social media is excellent for crisis communications: Only a few weeks before the shootings at Fort Hood, Scott & White Health Care established its social media policies. Jen McCabe of Contagion Health.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media.