Social Media - 061909

• Social Media Usage Guidelines: Don't moon people with cameras (or at least hide your face when you do) - There are so many things about this blog post by Beth Kanter that I like. First, I again like the framing that use of social media is less about social media and more about management. If someone is twittering all day about stupid stuff that doesn't mean that you should block Twitter for the entire organization. Finally, there's also the three Es.
  

  -Establish the policy: Determine the policy and what you want to accomplish
  -Educate: Important to train or make employees aware of the implications
  -Enforce: Less about the top down control, but the fact that you need to consistently use the policy – shouldn’t sit in a drawer

• the next cisco fatty - Where do we draw the line between our personal lives and our professional lives on online social media. This blog's author explores his thoughts on the idea.
  

Webinars and Conferences

• Email Marketing Conference Call - June 25, 2009 - Hosted by Network for Good. Primary speaker will be Kivi Leroux Miller
  

Tips and Tricks

• 4 Facebook Tips for Non-Profit Success - See What Others are Doing - I love what the One Campaign is doing and need to figure out how to set it up for the Facebook fan pages I manage.
• Design for Good: 4 Nonprofit Design Principles - I agree with most of these, but specifically the Less is More principle. Too many non-profit web sites are too busy and you don't know what you're supposed to be looking at.