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Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 1)
This is a follow-up to Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0) that originally appeared on this blog and also as a guest post on Beth Kanter's blog . One of the key takeaways from Part 0 is that once you stop just playing around with social...
Blackbaud's Social Media for Nonprofits Web Seminar Series
Blackbaud has been doing another web seminar series. This one is all about Social Media for Nonprofits . This series will give you all the tools you need to fill your social media toolkit! Internet experts Jeff Patrick, president of Common Knowledge ...
Social Media Explained — 140 Characters at a Time
Social Media is another powerful communication channel just like person-to-person, telephone, direct mail, email, web, and text messaging. Social Media is different from traditional broadcast media, like newspapers, television, and film, because it allows...
Seth Godin and the Problem with Non-Profits
Marketing maven Seth Godin often discusses the nonprofit sector in his books, blog entries, and speeches. He created a nice little uproar yesterday in the nonprofit social media world with a blog post called "The problem with non" that said...
NetWits Summer Camp - Day 4 - Social Media Demystified
NetWits Summer Camp is all about social media today. There's so much to cover and so much to talk about. But I think that it's important to tie social media into how it fits within a broader online strategy. The social media landscape is constantly...
More NetWits Summer Camp Sessions Added
We must be on to something. In just two days, Blackbaud is close to completely filling up NetWits Summer Camp , our free five-day series of web seminars about how nonprofits can better use the Internet. So we've gone ahead and added five more sessions...
Sign Up for NetWits Summer Camp
Today, Blackbaud is announcing that registration for NetWits Summer Camp is now open. NetWits Summer Camp is a free five-day series of web seminars covering what every nonprofit needs to know about its website, email marketing, online fundraising, social...
Twitter by the Numbers
There have been a lot of statistics coming out lately about Twitter. I'm sure there will be more headlines about Twitter given today's little outage . What follows is a sampling of some various statistics that have been published lately. Here...
Seth Godin on Social Networking
Seth Godin and Tom Peters have taught me a lot over the years. They both recently participated in an American Express OPEN Forum event . Here's a great video clip where Seth talks about social networking. "Networking is always important when...
Social Media is a Big Waste of Time
That's right, I said it. You've all been thinking it. Admit it. A lot of time is spent these days talking about social media and working on social media. But is it all just a big waste of time? Social media is a big waste of your organization's...
NetWits Think Tank Blog
The NetWits Think Tank blog has been churning out some great content lately. There's a growing group of contributors from Blackbaud behind this blog. It's a very good mix of subjects, experts, and advice about thriving in the digital world. Here...
Digital Leap Conference in London
Today is the Digital Leap conference in London. It's all about fundraising, social networking, and online charity success in the UK and Europe. Digital Leap is being held at the ICO Conference Centre in central London. There are a great set of speakers...
Blackbaud's 2009 Conference for Nonprofits (Ottawa) - Day 1
I'm in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa this week for Blackbaud’s 2009 Conference for Nonprofits . Blackbaud has a large number of Canadian clients and this conference is a popular annual event. This is my third visit to Canada this year and I'm...
Recent Required Reading
There is a lot going on in the nonprofit world these days. Here are some excellent blog posts to keep you in the know. Study Provides A Baseline for Nonprofit Use of Social Networks Beth Kanter does a review of the Nonprofit Social Network Survey Report...
Creating a Social Networking Strategy (Part 0)
For a while now I've been talking with a lot of nonprofits about using social media and social networking in their organizations. I thought it would be useful to blog about how to create a strategy for using these channels. Before starting to create...
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