Social Media Reading - 082209

Webinars and Conferences 

• NTEN Marcom Roundtable - Hosted by NTEN's Holly, this was a great roundtable discussion. It was open topic, and items discussed were social media policies and how to use volunteers in your social media / blogging policies. 

Tips and Tricks

• Facebook Launches Twitter App
• Link Your Facebook Page to Twitter
• Mashable: Wow: Facebook Launches a Twitter App
• Brian Solis: Facebook builds a bridge between fan pages and Twitter

What Else I'm Reading

• Twitter to Launch Commercial Accounts
• Report: Twitter business product this year
• Twitter to Finally Cash-in on Twitter Sensation
• Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year
• Twitter Better: 20 Ways to Filter Your Tweets
• Exciting Things are Happening in Distance Learning
• Twitter Can Now Know Where You Tweet

Social Media Reading - 072009

Webinars and Conferences

• Community Leadership Summit - Held July 18-19, 2009 - San Jose, CA 
• Videos on YouTube
• 2009 New York Non-Profit Conference - August 12-13, 2009 - New York City - $729
• NTEN's Online CIO Conference - 2-day virtual conference - Sept. 16-17, 2009 - $250 (NTEN Members / $350 Non-members)
• TechSoup Write-Up
• Shaking up Journalism and Philanthropy - Online discussion at the Chronicle of Philanthropy - July 30, 2009 3:30 pm
• What's the Payoff? Social Media ROI - Online discussion at the Chronicle of Philanthropy - July 21, 2009 12:00 PM EST
• #blogchat - Social Media ROI - July 19, 2009  
• Beth's blog - Now that Engagement is Fully Measured, It's Time to Count the Treasure

Social Media Reading - 063009

• The crippling effect of having to be everywhere at once -This blog makes a lot of sense. It's one of the reasons I've chosen not to hop on Friendfeed, and it's the main reason I stayed off Facebook for so long. You do need to pick and choose your battles.
• All About NTEN in 5 Minutes - A great video interview with Holly Ross where she talks about NTEN and the role of social media for non-profit organizations.
  

Facebook Fan Pages

• Facebook: Sharing Hope.TV
• Facebook: Trust Agents (Chris Brogan and Julien Smith)
  

Webinars and Conferences

• Cusp Conference 2009 - Sept. 16-17, 2009 - Chicago, IL - A conference about the design of everyghing
• Update on "How to Use Twitter for Business and Still Have a Personality" - 6/30/09 - Original cost was $37.42, but they've reduced it to whatever you can afford.
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Time Should Equal Money Well Spent - Interesting read on time management and what your time is worth
• Poke.ly Brings Facebook Pokes to Twitter - Say it ain't so. Please don't start poking people on Twitter. Take it to Facebook if you want to poke someone.
• TV.com Beats Hulu to Facebook Integration - You can now use your Facebook account to sign in to TV.com (instead of creating a new account)
• Cisco Promotes Telecommuting - Cisco reports that it has saved more than $277 million in productivity costs by allowing employees to work from home

Social Media Reading - 062409

Webinars and Conferences

• 7/1/09: Bridge 09 Conference and NTEN: Nonprofits are Embracing Social Networks

Other things I'm Reading:

• Retweeting: 'Followers' look to 'leaders' as social networks grow
• MySpace Makes Massive International Staff Cuts - After laying off 30% of its US employees, MySpace has eliminated 300 of its 450 international staff positions
• Twitter Grows 1,444% Over Last Year - Other stats: Facebook #1 social networking destination in May, MySpace still leads in the amount of video streams
• Is Getting Clients on Facebok a Myth - This post isn't really about non-profit marketing, but more about people putting up a Facebook page as a way to generate interest in their business. Like anything else with social media, while it may be "free", it does take work and you can't just put up a profile and expect miracles to happen