SocialFish

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I was thinking it was probably time to post something for Twitter beginners, since it’s been a million years since the last time we did , but luckily we have some fab blogger buds who have been busy writing some of this up so I don’t need to! Yay! If you are suddenly in the position of having to get on Twitter and figure it out quickly, look no further than Deirdre Reid ‘s fabulous series: Twitter Basics– Part 1: Benefits.

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SocialFish

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Yesterday, I helped pick sessions for the Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference that ASAE is hosting in April. Honestly, there were some good sessions, and a lot of bad sessions to choose from. I think the sessions that were picked are a good mix, though. And I’m hopeful that ASAE will find a kick-a$$ keynote speaker or two. This is the first year for the “Communications&# part (it used to be just Marketing and Membership), and it was really fantastic having members of

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SocialFish

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

We LOVE the new ASAE website !! Such a huge improvement, not least because their active community has been brought to the forefront. So I thought I’d talk to Amy Hissrich, Director of Knowledge Initiatives at ASAE, and mastermind behind the redesign, and ask her to give us a little “behind the scenes&# glimpse into the thinking that went into creating the new site.

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SocialFish

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Joe Gerstandt recently posted a mini-rant about “disempowerment&# and it’s so good I’m quoting the entire thing here. Empowerment? Maybe you could start by just getting out of the way? I have just read yet another piece about “empowerment” and I am throwing the bullshit flag. Enough. You know who can empower me? I can. You know what you can do?

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SocialFish

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Here’s a monthly selection of links to some of the most interesting posts that we’ve read and shared over the last 30 days. These kinds of posts are what inform our own writing here at SocialFishing; hope you’ll dip in and out at your leisure! The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Cool infographic by Shane Snow from Mashable. Tags: Useful Data causes datalicious philanthropy social good.

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