It’s Friday night and I REALLY should be doing something other than blogging…but I happened to leaf through the Association Buyers’ Guide (can’t link to it b/c it’s not online yet–if it’s posted I’ll come back and update with link) to an article called “WatsNxt4Tech?” According to the article “Today’s top trend in association technology? […]
Social Media Staffing, Malaise and Drama
I’m having writer’s block this week for some reason, but am also having blogging withdrawals. So I need to post something. In no particular order here are some things I would blog about but can’t get past a few half-baked sentences so will just stick with links/random comments: Yesterday I was reading NTEN’s 2010 Nonprofit […]
Yet Another Level of Facebook Sucking: Community Pages
As if there weren’t already enough things to dislike about Facebook: the way Pages can’t be unlinked from creators, the way it is making billions off your personal information…I’m not even going to continue because it could take all day. You get the point. At any rate, back to “as if there weren’t already enough […]
The View from 20,000 Fans (I Refuse to Say Likers)
For those of you who don’t already know it, I’m the online community & social media manager for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). I don’t usually write about stuff specific to ASHA but reaching 20,000 fans (like I said in the title, I cannot bring myself to say “likers”) on Facebook feels blog-worthy, so I […]
The Facebook Page Conundrum
As Facebook increases its foothold on word domination (the most recent case in point is the recently revealed “Like” feature that will allow any piece of content on any website to be pulled into the Facebook), not having a presence on Facebook is becoming more of a liability for businesses. Why would a business NOT […]
What if Facebook Becomes the Next Monsanto?
I love nothing better than a good “what if?” So when I saw this news about Facebook patenting the news feed, I couldn’t help but think of the movie I’m now obsessed with, Food, Inc. Specifically, the part about my worst nightmare company, Monsanto, and how they are systematically suing farmers who don’t use their […]
Is Your Association Equipped to Integrate Social Media With Member Service?
I’m having wicked writer’s block this week for some reason; luckily I have tons of half-baked blog posts just lolling around unpublished. This one is from several months ago and I’m not sure why I never finished it, but it seems sort of relevant after today’s #assnchat that focused primarily on whether or not associations […]
Snocial Media, #UnTech10 and Social Media Salaries (Yes, Again)
It’s been a long week. TWO blizzards, a 48-hour power outage at my house, kids out of school all week–and my husband’s been out of town the whole time. The positives? Shoveling snow is a good workout. Lots of time spent with the kids–AND they did most of the shoveling after the second storm. And […]
Why Businesses Should Think Twice Before Investing Money or Time in a Facebook Page
Not to be all “what if”–but the more integral to companies’ social media efforts Facebook becomes, the more leery I am about the idea of putting business eggs in a basket over which one has no control. Twitter has already announced that it’s testing some business features; Facebook pages, however, while clearly a business offering, […]
List of Nonprofit Social Media and Community Managers
Every time I see Jeremiah Owyang’s list of corporate social media strategists and community managers I wonder when he’ll do a similar list for companies with fewer than 1,000 employees–or nonprofits, for that matter. I’m realizing he has his hands full trying to keep up with the list of enterprise social media types since the […]