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Resources Round-up: Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube
Need to catch up on the latest news, resources and tips for Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube? Look no further… Facebook Lots of chatter about Facebook, as ever, so here you go: All Facebook invites you...
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Social media and development
Have you come across the CD4 network yet? Well, if you’re working in communications and for a development organisation then this may be worth a look. The peer network is invitation only, but you can...
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3 ways social media can empower
With all the effort we put into using social media to share our own messages and stories, it’s easy to forget that the number one strength of these tools is their capacity to put people in touch with...
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Great selection of Infographics
Hats off to Lorna Prescott (aka @dosticen) from Dudley CVS for pointing out this list of 30 infographics. Great for illustrating your presentations, wooing your bosses or just enlightening yourself...
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Integration: it’s what you need
The late Roy Castle Alongside all the other FB news, there were 2 pieces of speculation this week which are worth taking a moment to consider. The first was the suggestion that Facebook are planning on...
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Gamification: a new term for the voluntary sector?
Mashable reports this morning on the way a new social network, the Mother Nature Network, is using ‘gamification’ to translate activity on the site into actual donations and actions taken to support...
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Digital – ‘The New Normal’
Julie Hawker is the CEO of COSMIC. This guest post is by Julie Hawker, CEO of COSMIC. I think we’ve finally reached the time when everyone working and volunteering in the sector will be happy to accept...
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The ‘no time’ guide to social media
The most common anxiety that I hear from organisations about how to use social media in their work is simple: no time. Few of us have the luxury of just managing social media, instead we have a...
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Why social media is so good for charities
This week saw the publication of research by the Fundraising Standards Board about trust and charitable giving (thanks to UK Fundraising for the link). Interestingly, this report found that people who...
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Citizen Social: inspirational uses of social media for citizen journalism
Social media, and the mobile technology that supports it, has given to millions of ordinary people around the world the ability to record, comment and share their experiences. YouTube’s human rights...
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