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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. Below is an abridged version of my presentation on new ways government agencies are using online approaches to invite, collect, and respond to public input. Here is a nice summary of the event.

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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. Below is an abridged version of my presentation on new ways government agencies are using online approaches to invite, collect, and respond to public input. Here is a nice summary of the event.

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New on SSIR: Effects of Joining the Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

The lessons in social media are especially important for organizations working with the public, whether it’s public service or opinion. This is a huge missed opportunity to influence public opinion, participate in the conversation, attract attention from journalists and policy makers, and more.

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Craft the Perfect Tagline for Your Organization

NonProfit Hub

Those answers are the first steps toward tags like, “Because the Earth needs a good lawyer,” from Earth Justice and “ Helping victims become children again,” which illustrates the impact of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. What separates you from competitors? Make people think—but not too much.

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Six Social Media Week Events to Check Out

Care2

Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington raised $2,017,196 with 17,838 donations for over 1,000 nonprofits in the DC, suburban Maryland, and northern Virginia areas. Public Diplomacy in the Age of Social Media. Location: AARP. Thursday, February 16 at 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM. The Give to the Max Day Facebook page had a 99.4% Learn more here.

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Ya gotta have the chemistry.

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland -- part of the N.I.H -- who have been searching for the biological basis of altruistic acts have observed neurochemical correlates of a complex social act of great interest to most non-profit organizations - the act of making of monetary donation.

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On Frogloop's Radar

Care2

Panelists include Investigative reporters Peter Eisler of USA TODAY and Peter Panepento of The Chronicle of Philanthropy who will help you think critically about the information you may or may not make public and what that means for your organization. Where: United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave, NE, Washington, D.C.