Last week, Chris Garrett and I gave a Techsoup.org presentation called Measuring Social Media ROI. A participant asked, “What is a widget?,” which Chris and I tried to explain, but only had limited time. Thinking it might be useful to source the answer from an expert, I invited Eric Schrader of the social fundraising company […]
Nonprofits
5 steps to a successful social media strategy
Social media, as many have said time and again, is only part of your campaigning, part of your fundraising, and part of your communications. It isn’t something that lives in its own department, nor does it have staff that are separate from the rest of the organization. Just as the content distributed and conversations participated […]
Vote for these awesome nonprofit panels at SXSW
The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process. The panel picker process just opened — so you can vote yes or no for the panels you think are […]
Twestival and how to prevent cause fatigue
Guest post by Amanda Rose Founder, Twestival Note from Beth Kanter: Last week, I wrote a reflection on a CNET article called “Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0,” musing about the solution. A number folks offers some insights in the comments or on Twitter, including Amanda. I invited her to share her thoughts about cause […]