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Andy [email protected]
The Basics of Social Media
@awolber(Yes, that’s
twitter.com/awolber)
The Basics of Social Media
www.slideshare.net/npowermichigan/
delicious.com/NPowerMichigan/
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
http://reader.google.com
Weblogs
• Writing ordered by most recent items first
• Focus on a defined set of topics• Publish “feeds” (RSS*) so people can
“subscribe” to updates• One or more authors• Basic website content management
system
* RSS 2.0 = Really simple syndication
http://beth.typepad.com
http://tinyurl.com/bqg69e
http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/how-tos
images.businessweek.com/mz/07/24/0724_6insiid_a.gif
http://tinyurl.com/dbruqf
http://www.diosacommunications.com/nonprofit.htm
www.ning.com
www.nonprofitcommons.org/about
The American Cancer Society has had success in raising real money with virtual walkathons in Second Life. . . .
A few hundred avatars did that walk in 2005, raising $5,000. This year’s walk has raised $82,000 at a cost of $4,200 — and it will not take place until the end of next month.
Source: Foundation With Real Money Ventures Into Virtual World,by Stephanie Strom, July 22, 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/dfuzht
www.WeAreMedia.org
Andy Wolber