Social Media Reading - 070809 Part Two

• Facebook adds easy way to post fan box on web site sites
• Mashable - Facebook Fan Boxes: Embeddable Facebook Pages
• Facebook launches "Fan Box"
• Inside Facebook: Facebook Releases New "Fan Box" Widget to Turn Website Visitors into Facebook Fans
• 70-Year-Old Charity Adopts a New Name - This is something we've dealt with at EMQ FamiliesFirst. Because we've gone through several names over our 100 year history, it's challenging at times to get the brand recognition. 
• Nonprofit Blogs: 5 Reasons You Do & Don't Need One

Tips and Tricks

• Small Pebbles Make Big Waves: 15 tips for fundraising on Twitter
• My Five Favorite Twitter Tools

What Else I'm Reading 

• Jackson memorial gives web boost

Social Media Reading - 070809

• Nonprofit Blogging: Goals, Strategy and Tactics to Crush It - Really great ideas from Frank Barry on non-profit blogging. Comments are a must read. Too many NPs and businesses jump into the strategy and the tactics without doing the goals and planning before starting a blog. 
• Great post by Kivi from back in October, 2008: What Type of Blog Should Your Non-Profit Write?
• Should Kiva have expanded loan coverage to US entrepreneurs? 
• KivaFriends discussion
• Chronicle of Philanthropy: Adding U.S. Entrepreneurs Proves Controversial
• Microfinance in the U.S.: Kiva Enters the Market at its Own Risk
• How I Raised $30K in 30 Days - Great ideas for a successful online fundraiser. 

Webinars and Conferences

• Introduction to Social Media & Fundraising - 7/9/09 10 am PST - Free - Webinar
• What's Fascinating About Market Researchers - 7/21/09 10 am PST - Free - Webinar
• July / August Ruby Workshop - 7/31-8/1 - San Francisco 
• Ruby Jumpstart (women only) - 8/1-8/2 - Washington, DC

Twestival Planning: 

• Seattle - Tweetup - 7/13/09