Social Media

Buzz2010 - Social Media for Association Leaders is a series of breakfast meetings where top association and non-profit executives can hear directly from the leading minds in social media for business. As June has already passed, it’s time to focus on the July 20, 2010 | August 18, 2010 meetings. Take your choice or go to both!

Each speaker brings a wealth of experience working through social media challenges in a business setting. At Buzz2010, July 20^th, insights will focus on unique questions that you face as association and non-profit leaders.

Tomorrow, June 8th,  Peach New Media, will be hosting their 2nd Annual  Association New Media Summit in Arlington, VA at the Association of Fundraising Professionals office.   This one day event will bring attendees the chance to learn new media practices and strategies to bring to their own organizations.   This group of attendees will stay small, to have the best chances of networking opportunities and discussion groups. 

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As has been said before, today the Social Web has changed the way we communicate and we now have at hand, the unprecedented ability to reach out to consumers and hear what is being said.  Wikipedia defines Social Media as ‘the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives with each other.

What is DelCor Social Media Sweet Spot?  Answer:  A live weekly webcast for association professionals aiming to harness the power of social media. “We examine current happenings within the association world and reflect on the impact of social media on association staff and members. It’s a chance to talk about the online chats, the events and meetings, and the blog posts relating to social media for associations – and the various tools used to engage.” 

What is it?   “Google Buzz is a new way (since early February), to start conversations about the things you find interesting. It's built right into Gmail, so you don't have to peck out an entirely new set of friends from scratch — it just works. If you think about it, there's always been a big social network underlying Gmail. Buzz brings this network to the surface by automatically setting you up to follow the people you email and chat with the most.

What on earth is “untech10”?  Answer: Untech10 became the ‘Unofficial Alternative to ASAE 2010 Technology Conference, which was canceled due to a blizzard that hit Washington, D.C.  The team from NFi Studios at this event were honored to help organize and be a sponsor to put on this truly notable day!

Social Media Club has been organized for the purpose of sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards, and promoting media literacy around the emerging area of Social Media. This is a global conversation amongst a diverse community of practitioners where the many different people who care about social media can come together to discover, connect, share, and learn.  There is also have a 'fan' page set up for the global Social Media Cub. 

SMC’s core mission is to:

Social media’s widespread influence today is not to be taken lightly.  Integrating social media into your marketing plan, means that you must build a social media team and the team must be equipped with listening ability.  So many get sucked up in the social media and end up just playing games. To avoid this,  Maddie Grant delineates some high level thoughts on building your team. that should be considered before you get started.  We comment on a few of them.