Intro slideshow of a workshop I conducted for the Non Profit Resource Center of Texas.
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9. What are Non Profits supposed to do about Social Media ? or
10. Trends • Facebook has over 250 million active users • Twitter experienced over a 600% growth: Adding anywhere from 5, 000 -10,000 accounts per day. 35 million active users • LinkedIn has over 30 million active users Social Networks will continue their rapid growth
11. Trends March 2, 2009, 07:19 AM EST New York Times Goes Hyperlocal “ In recent years a number of daily newspapers large and small have launched so-called “hyperlocal” sites. The idea is while many newspapers can’t continue to support the staff to compete with large news outlets on national and international news, they can own what happens in their backyards.” The focus of the news will change
13. Rule of Thumb 1. Provide value 2. Participate in conversations 9 out of 10 times 3. No more than 10% pimp 4. Make your pimp interesting and useful Michael Verdi http://michaelverdi.com
21. ATTRIBUTION Second Life Classroom by HVX Silverstar http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibraries/2318848675/sizes/l/ Business Meeting pic by llawliet http://flickr.com/photos/llawliet/2547595587/ Go pic by laverrue http://flickr.com/photos/23912576@N05/2962183917/sizes/l/in/set-72157607999264744/ Captured-Spirit pic by Smile4camera http://flickr.com/photos/captured-spirit_/221033524/sizes/o/ Victory Shake pic by Beneath_B1ue_Skies http://flickr.com/photos/beneath_blue_skies/343096431/sizes/o Grouchy Cat by akk_rus http://www.flickr.com/photos/akras/3499252599/sizes/l/ Kitty Embrace by Mel B. http://www.flickr.com/photos/42dreams/1009400100/sizes/l/ Redwood Shedding pic by Bernt Rostad http://flickr.com/photos/brostad/2878947196/sizes/l/ State of Twittersphere by Hubspot http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/Default.aspx?Tag=State+of+Twittersphere Facebook statistics from press release http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics Linkedin staticstic from press release http://press.linkedin.com/ Reading newspaper pic by pedrosimoes7 http://flickr.com/photos/pedrosimoes7/69716477/sizes/l/ NY Times “Hyperlocal” article http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/02/new-york-times-goes-hyperlocal/