I was surprised by how in-depth this interview was, seeing as how it took place in Twitter. Jason Baer did a great job, IMHO - one of the better interviews with Beth I've seen in a while.
- Jonathon D. Colman
It's fast paced and a bit jargony, but really helpful if you're already somewhat in the know. I agree it touches on some pretty in-depth issues and yet in few words, as befits Twitter!
- Laura Norvig
Jason asked great questions - ones I couldn't answer. I wrote some reflections the experience. I think the format is a great engagement model. I'm testing with some ngos. It is interesting to look back his interviews and the first ones were not that retweeted or commented, but he's developed a following with his constitency and quality http://beth.typepad.com/beths_b...
- Beth Kanter
A great accomplishment! Great to see donations picking up this year as nonprofits and their supporters become more savvy about leveraging the tool and channel. Congrats, all!
- Jonathon D. Colman
Love the comments on this more than the article itself. I was just thinking about this this morning. I'll be giving a session on social media next week, things keep popping into my head like the mantra, "be authentic." It can't be said enough, and as more and more marketers get into social media it becomes clear what *inauthenticity* looks like. I think nonprofits are often good at social media because they are so authentically passionate about their causes.
- Laura Norvig
Oh man, I love my job. And I'm glad Beth Kanter, Holly Ross, and John Kenyon hipped me to listening and documenting when I attended the WeAreMedia workshop. I'm finally back at my desk after #09NTC, a brief vacation, and being sick, and I can now track the explosion of followers we got after @whitehouse followed us.
We still have a pretty small amount of followers overall, but that's partly because we need to educate national service grantees about using social media and partly because we have no real budget for marketing, I guess. But yeah, I just want to send a DM to the White House saying, "howzit?" but I think I'll wait until I have something more substantial to say.
- Laura Norvig
You too, Beth - NTC was fabulous. Holly and I are going to get down to the business of creating a 3 hour mini version of some of the WeAreMedia curriculum - if you have any ideas for paring it down bring 'em on!
- Laura Norvig
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Hello, Washington Post: Dolllars Per Facebook Donor Is Not the Right Metric for Success - http://beth.typepad.com/beths_b...
Despite the Washington Post's coverage, dollars per donor might not be the best way to measure success of Facebook Causes campaigns.
- Eric Johnson
from Bookmarklet
The guests on this New Service podcast are Laura Norvig, the Resource Center's librarian, and Jason Scott, the Training Officer and eLearning Specialist at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
- Laura Norvig
from Bookmarklet
Wondering if the new Facebook pages design will help us engage people. We just launched our Facebook page and so far I've only been able to entice one person to say anthing at all! We're still using the old design: http://www.facebook.com/login...
A nice intro by See3's Michael Hoffman. Anyone have any recommendations for a service that meets this requirement: Some videos must only be accessible to authenticated users (such as on an Intranet).
- Andrew Cohen
“So, I'm talking next week with staff of a small nonprofit I volunteer with about their use of social media. They have a basic understanding, 1 or 2 committed staff (committed leadership) etc. They specifically want to know about ROI, how much time to spend, planning for outcomes etc.” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
Good deeds do get rewarded! If you know someone who’s been toiling in the open source vineyards, developing software that’s helping nonprofits succeed, check out the Tides Foundation Pizzigati Prize, a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest. The competition, judged by a panel of national leaders in public interest computing, is now entering its third year. The application deadline for this year’s prize: March 2nd, 2009.
- Michael R. Bernstein
from Bookmarklet
I wish it was more like an X-Prize -- towards a specific goal as opposed to being so general.
- Allan Benamer
from twhirl
New Twitter tool that lets you follow people automatically who share similar interests. I recently used it for @SocialActions' Twitter Action Pack (http://www.socialactions.com/labs...) with amazing results! How could your nonprofit use this tool? - http://www.twollo.com
Mass Customization & Open Innovation News: Crowdsourcing for a Good Cause: How InnoCentive's Utilized an Untapped Pool of Altruism to Work on Non-Profit Challenges - http://mass-customization.blogs.com/mass_cu...
A netsquared mashup winner, the knowmore extension was just featured on Mozilla's site - blowing download rates through the roof. As of this FriendFeed post, Knowmore was #2 in Alerts and Updates - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US...
- Joe Solomon
from Bookmarklet
Free webinar with Beth Kanter and Emily Riley at Jupiter Research (a Forrester Company) on how to use social media for social good - http://www.convio.com/socialg...