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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Direct Content.

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ROI: What are the best "I" words for nonprofits to think about Social Media and ROI?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alfred Sloan used ROI in the 1920's at General Motors Source: Wikipedia I'm in the process of writing about and prepping several workshops for nonprofits about Social Media and ROI, known as "Return on Investment." ROI processes, particularly as part of the budgeting process , are familiar to many nonprofits.

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Your organization has identified a social media objective, audience, strategy, tools, measurement, and experiment. There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia. Tool Box: Monitoring , RSS Readers , Commenting KD Paine, Measuring PR and Corporate Communications (Must read). Google Reader.