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Social Media and Disaster: Hospitals On Facebook

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

They were reporting that phone calls weren't getting through, but that they were still able to access social media using their phones. As a social media consultant, there was a lot I learned about social media during the days following the tornado in Joplin. Post in the comments here!

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Bold idea? This association got rid of its annual conference

Association Success

When John Bridges took over the Arkansas State Employees Association as executive director about two years ago, he had big ideas. The important thing, Bridges noted, is that the same number of decisions that get made during that annual meeting can happen on social media and with other tools, like VoterVoice.

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A Day in the Life of a Quarantined Nonprofit Communicator – Jennifer Cobb

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

She currently serves as the Executive Director of Donor Relations for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where she leads a multi-faceted team focused on providing individualized, inspiring and intentional donor communications and experiences. Jennifer is married to Chris Travis. What else is there to do? No nap for me!

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Aaron Terr at Persuasion makes a free speech case for Section 230 , which prevents owners of social media platforms and online communities from being sued for user-generated content. Politicians want to beat up on social media platforms because people are saps, but what are the downstream effects? 1 CAE credit.

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

Association Success

LinkedIn: The social media site for business professionals often has leadership content pop up to the top of feeds. Arkansas State Employees Association executive director John Bridges needed to find a way to connect with his members quickly as state policy needs arise, but he didn’t know of any resource to solve that problem.

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Association Subculture: DIY - "Makes Me Think Of" Creativity Exercise

Association Subculture

For example, "Clouds" which makes me think of "sky" which makes me think of "planes" which makes me think about "visiting my grandparents in Arkansas," which makes me think of.well, you get the picture. social media. (3). Then write "makes me think of" and do it again. generations. (2). governance. (6). human resources. (1).

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How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Beth Kanter

They are the respected voices who others turn to understand sector social change issues. Many nonprofit CEOs use their social media profiles to extend the reach of their thought leadership and connect with professional colleagues, media, and policy makers.