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If You Pick My Brain, I’ll Have a Hole In My Head

Waxing UnLyrical

We speak at conferences (sometimes even if we’re not paid for our time). You have no idea how many great resources and idea are consistently shared during that chat (and at other times too, since it’s become the de facto hashtag to curate conversations around PR measurement). Image: Simon Greig (xrrr) via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Epic Change decided to dabble in social media, because as Stacey says, it was “a way to cultivate a community of support for Epic Change.&# More importantly, Epic Change has a mission to empower individuals to tell stories in order to acquire financial resources to make positive change in their communities. Why social media?

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MeasurePR, the Don Bartholomew Edition Round II

Waxing UnLyrical

Just follow along and/or participate on Twitter (or Tweetgrid or Tweetchat) using the #measurepr hashtag. Image: Paul Roth via Flickr, CC 2.0 And I hope you’ll join us for our next chat. Tuesday, September 28, 12-1 pm ET. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Hawaii Tsunami Proves Social Media Power Again: Information is a.

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via @KaimanaPine ) Extended Family: Online communities like Twitter and Facebook serve as extended families – smart and caring to boot! It was named after the hashtag – see next item. The tag #hitsunami was quickly created and spread among the community, and moved to the top of Twitter trends in a few hours.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The best way to use it is create a hashtag, explain what you are trying to accomplish, and have your followers tweet away. One of the ways that Twitter has been used (other than listed above) has been by conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) and Gnomedex. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Learning via the Social Media Game

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Do you have a community on the ground to support an online community? Or would you be better served to set up a community inside another social network? Free or low cost calls over the internet with ability to record and conference. www.facebook.com. www.ning.com. How will you collect and manage cellphone numbers?

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On Lists, Their Importance, And How To Get On One

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali On Lists, Their Importance, And How To Get On One February 8th, 2011 Tweet This post has been about a year and a half in the writing. Not-so-obvious: Use hashtags smartly. Yes, really! What about you?

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