For the past few years whenever I doing a training or speak about nonprofits and social media and more recently when we've presented about the book, The Networked Nonprofit, someone always raises this concern: "Social media is a time suck." Networked Nonprofits are not only experts in using social media, but they know how to streamline their work flow often based on an understanding of applying network theory to their practice. One of the best principles I learned was from Valdis Krebs who … [Read more...]
The Networked Nonprofit in Holland!
For me, one of the joys of the publication of Networked Nonprofit co-authored with Allison Fine is seeing people in my network reading it and discussing. I've never met Joitske Hulsebosch face-to-face, but we have collaborated and learned together through the wonders of the social web from US to Holland. I first met Joitske back in 2005 through Nancy White's online facilitation workshop. We had a lot of sandbox time to explore tagging and other emerging web 2.0 technologies. I remember … [Read more...]
Social Media Listening: You Don't Have To Be Joey Chestnut on the 4th of July!
Wendy Harman from the Red Cross wished me a Happy Fourth of July with a Joey Chestnut reference which reminded of a post I wrote almost a year ago. Let me explain. Joey Chestnut won the Nathan's hot dog eating contest in 2008. His total for the day was 64 hot dogs. In 2009, he won again, beating his own record by consuming 68 hot dogs. The thought of consuming 68 hot dogs makes me feel a little uncomfortable. No downright sick in the stomach. It's the same sort of discomfort that some … [Read more...]
Are the Claims About the Death of Email Greatly Exaggerated?
I asked the above question on Twitter after reading what Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg said at the Nielsen’s Consumer 360 conference. If you read only that, then you might think email is on life support. (A change from a few years ago when people were saying "Email is for old people." ) As much as we'd wish that email was dead, read Austin Carr’s recent Open Thread article on FastCompany. Perhaps this is a more likely scenario- a phased transition or continual upgrade. While … [Read more...]
Networked Nonprofits Deconstruct Social Media Fears
This morning Allison Fine and I got up extra early for a Bagels and Books Event for The Networked Nonprofitat the National Conference on Volunteering and Service here in NYC. At book events, one of the most common themes we hear from nonprofits is about the fear that organizational leaders have about social media. Opening up organizations is uncomfortable because it strikes at the heart of what so many organizational leaders were taught as their jobs -- to protect the organization by … [Read more...]
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