Andy Wolberandy@npowermichigan.org

The Basics of Social Media

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The Basics of Social Media

www.slideshare.net/npowermichigan/

http://www.slideshare.net/npowermichigan/

http://www.delicious.com/npowermichigan/

delicious.com/NPowerMichigan/

http://www.wordle.net/

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

http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvfumQ0_0_Q

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http://www.facebook.com/

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

andy@npowermichigan.org