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Closing the Loop Between Social Media and Offline Action

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But as a bonus, I learned from Facebook expert Mari Smith , that sandwich boards and window clings with Facebook and Twitter IDS are an effective technique to close the loop between offline and social media. to track how your online social network activities are driving offline actions. I've also been reading about tips.

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How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers. What Kind of Social Animal Are You?

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Vote for the Female Social Media Guru UK Awards 2009

Amy Sample Ward

Jamie Burke is hosting the Female Social Media Guru UK Awards as an opportunity to “challenge the current under-representation of females on event panels by offering a high profile platform for women.&# How do those differences impact opportunities and voices online? between women and other non-privileged groups on the Web?

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What Nonprofit CEOs and Trustees Do the Best Job Leading on Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Leading on social media requires nonprofit CEOs and their staff, even Trustees, to master basic digital communications skills that allow them to engage directly with stakeholders as themselves, in their own voices. Nonprofit leaders need to use social media to drive conversations online and offline, influence others, and shape perceptions.

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

The piece is reposted below: Have we replicated our offline social dynamics and barriers online? As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. I believe we have, and so does Danah Boyd.

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Preetam Rai, Global Voices Southeast Asia Editor, is helping to send Leng Sopharath to College! Why Not You Too!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've raised some money from my cause from people who are my friends online, but I've never met offline. He's an editor at Global Voices and his personal blog, Better Days , where I first learned about RSS readers and how to use bloglines. Share this link on your Facebook profile. That's powerful. Why is that? Donate now.

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

Lesson #1: Voice. “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories.