Influence
20 Jan 2012
Are you buffudled by the difference between Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups? I often am. It's the most common question I receive when presenting on social media.
The confusion is understandable because not only do they resemble each other in form and function, but their features change...
22 Feb 2011
I finally watched the Oscar-nominated film “The Social Network” this past weekend. It was an entertaining movie, but it definitely took real events and twisted them for dramatic effect. One thing that did ring true is that Facebook is constantly changing, and not every change is award-...
22 Oct 2010
HealthCare.gov, the federal web site that is officially charged with helping consumers make sense of the new health insurance landscape, was substantially improved this month.
For starters, they added information from over 200 insurers on 4,400 plans. As data is added in the coming months, the...
14 Sep 2010
Part 1: Discover
Synopsis: The conversations on social media can really tell a rich story about your brand, topic, cause, target audiences, or other area of interest. It is important to develop effective listening techniques in order to make decisions and justify activities based on these stories....
16 Aug 2010
A list of Facebook Resources for page administrators. Updated most recently in January 2012.
Nonprofit-Specific
Latest Facebook Changes a Mixed Bag for Nonprofit Page Admins (February 2011)
Non-Profits on Facebook
Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations (DIOSA)...
15 Jul 2010
There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week. I wish I was able to attend, but am glad that many of my clients have the opportunity to go. The conference is held every two years, and is always...
5 Apr 2010
In 2009, "social media" became the conventional buzzword to replace "Web 2.0" as the most eye-roll-inducing term of the year. To be fair, social media captured a lot of what was finally maturing: photo sharing sites like Flickr, video sharing like YouTube, professional networks...
18 Mar 2010
As I blogged previously, I've been at South by Southwest Interactive these past few days. For me, one of the most valuable sessions was "E.R. 2.0." The session featured a facilitated conversation about how hospitals and health care providers are using new media and social...
17 Mar 2010
Reflections on community at SxSW
Andrew, Bill, and I just got back from the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, where we spent nearly a week drinking from the proverbial technology innovation firehose. We attended numerous panels, connected with colleagues and friends on nonprofit...
15 Mar 2010
We've written previously about the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive. Among other things, the Directive has led to a proliferation of innovative "ideas sites" across the federal agencies.
Last week the White House issued a new memorandum titled "Guidance on the Use of...
