Report: The potential of mobile phones and text messaging for charities and non-profit organisations
nfpSynergy, CAF and the Institute of Fundraising have published a report on “The potential of mobile phones and text messaging for charities and non-profit organisations” – download a PDF here
OnlineCourses.org have put together a comprehensive list of Open Source tools for Writers, Journalists and Bloggers and the full details are here. Take a look, there might be just the thing you’ve been looking for
The Wild Apricot blog has published an excellent post giving details of 26 presentations on Social Media topics that are available on Slideshare. If you’re looking to produce something for your organisation these are an excellent starting point to allow you to find inspiration or ideas for your work. If you’ve got a presentation on Social Media topics that you’ve produced, why not share it with the folks at Wild Apricot by leaving the details as a comment to their post?
If you are thinking of the voluntary sector as a positive career option for paid employment or considering becoming a volunteer then Working For A Charity provides a wealth of information and support to help you. There is a skill profiling tool, online learning, training courses, lots of information and links and details of vacancies that are available. Why not take a look and see if it’s something that appeals to you?
If you’re looking for a means of monitoring and measuring your organisation’s social media presence then Robin Broitman of Interactive Insights has posted a comprehensive list of resources, websites, services and advice for you. You can find it here: http://www.interactiveinsightsgroup.com/blog1/how-to-search-the-social-web-ultimate-toolkit/
David Wilcox has an excellent post on this topic here – Sources for social technology propositions – please mix your own and also another here – 45 provocative propositions about using social technology both are valuable reads if you’re thinking about starting new projects to reach your communities.
MediaTrust offer a series of online guides and podcasts to help you deal with the media to promote your organisation. There’s a lot of useful stuff here.
The Cluetrain Manifesto will be 10 years old in April. If you’ve never heard of it or read it then maybe now’s the time to take a look and see what it’s about. The website for it is at http://www.cluetrain.com and you can read it online or download it in zipped ASCII, PDF or as zipped HTML for free.
CBC Radio’s Ira Basen produced a series of programs on the subject of Spin, or how information is presented in order to create a particular perception of it. There are six episodes, available for download here. Enjoy…
An excellent post from Dave Briggs about the sorts of equipment you could use to do some informal/formal Social Reporting at any events you attend. Well worth reading.
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- tonymolloy: Trying out qwit on Linux - Qt4 cross-platform client for Twitter - http://code.google.com/p/qwit/
- tonymolloy: @jangles does http://feedjumbler.com/ do what you need?
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- tonymolloy: @LouiseBrown You can also do something similar with AideRSS http://www.aiderss.com/ which can get you some good results
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