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04 January 2009

Security Issues in Social Media Shouldn't Put Nonprofits Off Networking Online

As more and more nonprofits take advantage of social media sites to connect with supporters, security concerns are rising more to the forefront. This past weekend, Twitter was hit by a phishing epidemic — just the latest in a string of attacks against... (read more)
Posted Sunday, 04 January 2009 at 10:03 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 9 comments
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11 December 2008

Free Webinar: Social Media for Social Good

Want to learn more about Web 2.0 and the latest social media trends? Convio is hosting a free webinar with Emily Riley , Senior Analyst from JupiterResearch, and social media blogger Beth Kanter of Beth’s Blog . In only 75 minutes, attendees will learn... (read more)
Posted Thursday, 11 December 2008 at 9:23 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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- Twitter,
- social media,
- webinar,
- Web 2.0,
- events,
- Social networking
01 December 2008

First Steps in Social Networking for Nonprofits

Nonprofits looking to start using social media as a marketing tool will find a wealth of sound advice online, but putting the pieces together into a solid strategy? That's the real challenge. No one simple strategy will work for every nonprofit group.... (read more)
Posted Monday, 01 December 2008 at 7:12 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 10 comments
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07 November 2008

Free Webinar: Find Out Who's Talking About Your Organization and Issues Online

Getting your message out is only one-half of the Internet communications strategy for a savvy nonprofit organizaton. You also need to be tuned in to the "buzz" -- to know who's talking about your organization and your cause online, and what they're saying. (read more)
Posted Friday, 07 November 2008 at 2:53 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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22 October 2008

Get Started Right with Your Nonprofit on Twitter

It seems like a dozen different social-media sites start up every day, so it can be a challenge to know where to put your online outreach efforts. Twitter is one real-time networking platform that’s clearly floated to the top of the social-media pool,... (read more)
Posted Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 5:17 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 8 comments
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16 September 2008

Business and Nonprofits Find Value in Twitter

The original intention of sites such as Twitter may have been purely social, but like many Web 2.0 tools, it has evolved in the hands of its users. This time last year, the Canadian Marketing Association saw Twitter as a new toy for the tech savvy... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 16 September 2008 at 4:11 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 12 comments
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30 June 2008

What's Your Rapleaf Reputation - and why should you care?

We all know that the Internet is a very public space -- but do we always act that way? The separate compartments of social networking sites, once isolated in their own little boxes, have created an illusion of privacy where none may exist -- and now... (read more)
Posted Monday, 30 June 2008 at 4:43 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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09 June 2008

Social Media in Plain English: Video

It turns out that ice cream and social media have a lot in common -- at least, according to the latest video by Lee Lefever of Common Craft, Social Media in Plain English. Using a deceptively simple paper and whiteboard technique, Common Craft specializes in short, amusing, and easy-to-understand videos that explain complex ideas. This latest video focuses on basics of Social Media: "new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give everyone a chance to have a say." (read more)
Posted Monday, 09 June 2008 at 8:30 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 0 comments
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18 April 2008

Making a Case for Social Media Marketing

Social media and social networking are hot buzzwords in the world of online marketing, but what do they mean in practical terms? Is social media marketing just a passing fad, or could it be a worthwhile strategy for your organization? In a survey done... (read more)
Posted Friday, 18 April 2008 at 3:01 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 1 comments
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11 March 2008

An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags

Hashtags help to organize the published updates ("tweets") on Twitter into user-defined groupings around one general topic, making the conversation easy to track and easy to share with others - even with people who are not Twitter users. Here's how the hashtags work: (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 11 March 2008 at 12:50 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 70 comments
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19 February 2008

Social Annotation: the Next Generation of Social Bookmarking

We've talked before about the many benefits of social bookmarking (Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, and so on) for sharing the web pages you've discovered and for helping others to share your own site or blog. But when it comes to online research and... (read more)
Posted Tuesday, 19 February 2008 at 11:53 AM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 5 comments
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01 February 2008

Seesmic: where YouTube meets Twitter

A new video-based social media startup has appeared on the Web 2.0 horizon, and some heavy-hitters in the web tech world are wagering their investments that Seesmic could be the Next Big Thing. Seesmic is best described as a sort of "video Twitter"... (read more)
Posted Friday, 01 February 2008 at 6:36 PM by Rebecca Leaman [Curious Apricot] | 7 comments
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15 October 2007

Online Community, Collaboration and Social Networking features of most practical use

There is no lack of websites offering online community and social networking tools. Some are rudimentary and cumbersome, some are cool and addictive, some are slow to catch on, other are quick to propagate - and quick to fizzle out. There are many... (read more)
Posted Monday, 15 October 2007 at 9:00 AM by Dmitriy Buterin [Chief Apricot] | 14 comments
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