New links for January 26th
Written by Noah Flower on Monday, January 26th, 2009
Filed under News
Headlines: 22 Ways A Blog Can Rock Your Non-Profit’s Social Media Campaign * Social Publishing: Scribd as a Tool for Nonprofit Outreach * 49 amazing social media, Web 2.0 and Internet stats * Revolution, Facebook-Style – Can Social Networking Turn Young Egyptians Into a Force for Democratic Change? * A glimpse into social mobile’s long tail * iPhone Apps for Nonprofits (summary and commentary after the break)
22 Ways A Blog Can Rock Your Non-Profit’s Social Media Campaign – The title says it all — this is a great list, covering all the bases for why and how blogging should be the centerpiece of a nonprofit media strategy.
Social Publishing: Scribd as a Tool for Nonprofit Outreach – Everyone should be using Scribd.com to publish documents online. Why? Because their tools make it push-button easy to re-publish your material on blogs or social networking sites.
49 amazing social media, Web 2.0 and Internet stats – The title says it all. My favorite: “2,600,000,000 – number of minutes global users in aggregate spend on Facebook daily.”
Revolution, Facebook-Style – Can Social Networking Turn Young Egyptians Into a Force for Democratic Change? – The Times provides a case study of how youth are putting social networks to serious use for making political change: the conflict in Gaza has given Egyptian youth a powerful reason to organize, and with their limited rights for offline political speech they have been organizing on Facebook in large numbers.
A glimpse into social mobile’s long tail – A very thoughtful piece about the deep usefulness of decentralizing control when designing technology solutions for the developing world: “My belief is that users don’t want access to tools – they want to be given the tools. There’s a subtle but significant difference. They want to have their own system, something which works with them to solve their problem.”
iPhone Apps for Nonprofits – Nonprofits are starting to make innovative use of the iPhone’s smart-phone capabilities with a few creative applications such as a guide to sustainable seafood, a game that lets you take care of the planet as if it were a pet, and (an idea for) one that enables small donations on the go.
