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 - 070409

• Protect Your Privacy on Facebook - 10 Privacy Settings You Should Consider - Great ideas for those interested in increasing their levels of privacy on Facebook
• The Looming Facebook Privacy Fiasco - Facebook wants users to share more information to be able to use that information and be more competitive. Thankfully, Facebook isn't doing all of this at once. It's doing a test of 40K. Another test of 80K and then rolling it out to the wider user base. By the time it rolls out, people should be well aware of how it will impact them.
• How Wimbledon Uses Mass Appeal for Philanthropy - When fans leave the stadium, they have the right to give away their tickets. Wimbledon then resells those tickets to fans who come late. The proceeds are donated to charity.
  

Fundraising on Social Media

• tweet to ReMIND - A Bob Woodruff Foundation Initiative encouraging everyone to donate $5.25 to support the troops
  

What Else I'm Reading

• Sarah Palin Shuns Press: Talks to Twitter, Facebook Instead
• NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space in Espanol - @astro_jose is tweeting about the astronaut experience in both English and Spanish
• Why I and Podoby Else is Nerfect
• Police using Twitter, Nixle to keep residents in the loop
• Statue of Liberty is on Twitter and offers insider's e-tours
• TweetCraft: Finally, You Can Tweet While You Raid - There is a new plug in that allows you to tweet while you play World of Warcraft