The combination of summertime and the Facebook IPO imbroglio has left me feeling nostalgic. I miss 2006, Facebook had just opened its door to non-college students, Flckr was going strong, MySpace was the busiest online social network with over 140 million users, MeetUp was growing, we were creating our own online library through bookmarking tools [...]
Measuring Engagement
Debra Askanase posted this great outline of how to measuring online engagement against the SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound) initially outlined and the commitment and engagement of the community. I think this is a really smart (pun intended!) way of thinking about how to become more intentional and thoughtful about continuous cycles [...]
Social Media and Logic Models
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is offering a webinar tomorrow on their very interesting model of social change powered by social media. Claire Gibbons, a research and evaluation officer at the Foundation, provides a fascinating overview of the foundation’s intentions to measure the impact of social media use on the foundation’s blog. Here is the [...]
HBR: What Does “Professional” Look Like Today?
I have a post up on the Harvard Business Review site today about redefining professionalism to fit our new, social time. Older professionals resistant to using social media first get stuck on the notion that living in public will feel, will actually be, unprofessional. And then they use a variety of excuses for not engaging; [...]
Invisible Children’s Missed Opportunity
Invisible Children’s effort to capitalize on the phenomenal success of KONY 2012 this past weekend with a worldwide outpouring of support on land called Covering the Night fizzled.
One news report on the fizzle described it this way: But paltry turnouts on Friday at locations across north America, Europe and Australia left cities largely unplastered and [...]
The Value of Facebook “Likes”
There is a fascinating current conversation in the blogosphere about the value to a company or nonprofit of people who like Facebook pages. If it cost $5 in time and advertising, say, to get each new Like, and then those people buy a product worth $15, is the value of that person $10? You can [...]
When Social Issues Go Viral
This month’s Social Good podcast features Stephanie Rudat, an online activist and blogger with the Huffington Post. I love the way she describes her life right now, “can be found crawling the globe speaking, advising and working hands-on with the people she accredits for bringing meaning to her life.”
We discussed three recent social justice/action issues [...]
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Book Info
"In The Networked Nonprofit, Kanter and Fine show nonprofits how to harness the power of social media to pursue their missions in partnership with two billion connected citizens."
"Thoughtful and thought provoking. Far from a technical manual, it raises compelling issues that deserve consideration by all nonprofit organizations."
—Clay Shirky, Author
Here Comes Everybody:
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Here Comes Everybody:
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
"Thoughtful and thought provoking. Far from a technical manual, it raises compelling issues that deserve consideration by all nonprofit organizations."
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
05/01/2008
05/01/2008
