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You’ve Got to Read This: January 18, 2011

Reid All About it

Clay Shirky ’s Foreign Affairs article, The Political Power of Social Media (registration required), is a fascinating read that rebuts and shreds Malcolm Gladwell’s view about the power of social media to facilitate change. Manila protest January 2001 ~ flickr photo by M.a.c.a.r.o.n.i.

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Social Media Roundup: Get Inside Elmore Leonard’s Head

Associations Now

More in today’s Social Media Roundup: The Language of a Legend. ” With the loss of Leonard, it’s a fitting time to look over his advice on writing, which Brain Pickings blogger Maria Popova has gathered from a New York Times article he wrote in 2001. Love this! >> ht @ kikilitalien ).

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What fundraisers Need To Know About Next Era of Digital Technology

Beth Kanter

Yes, I walked onto the stage for the closing plenary at the Festival del Fundraising wearing an astronaut suit (that included a GivingTuesday sticker ), to the theme of 2001 Space Odyssey, speaking Italian (poorly), with Marcelo Iniarra (creative concept was his idea) and shared some insights about the new ecosystem for fundraisers.

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Advocating from Afar: Virtual and Remote Grassroots Advocacy

Beekeeper Group

When letters containing the bacterium anthrax arrived at the DC offices of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and former Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) in October 2001, multiple Capitol Hill buildings closed for decontamination. Social Media Advocacy Challenge. Branding Social Media Profile Pictures and GIPHY Stickers.

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A short introduction to branded community websites

Disciple Media

Another venue, is a branded community website. What is a branded community website? A paper published by the Journal of Consumer Research in 2001 defines brand communities as specialised, non-geographically bound groups based on a structured set of relationships among fans of a brand.

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Organizational Amnesia, Accountability Buddies, and Other Things I learned at the Grant Managers Network Conference

Beth Kanter

In mid-March, I had a whirl wind day at the Grant Managers Network Annual Conference where I did the following: Panel Session : Outcomes, Impact, and Communication with Roberto Cremonini and Danette Peters. March was the “Iron Woman Multi-Conferencethon” for me and I’m just catching up.

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The Hourglass Blog: A Lost Generation of Leadership?

The Hourglass Blog

How about watching corporations decimating our families with layoffs in the 80's, Black Friday in 1987, recession in 1991, recession in 2001 and then the circus of 2009? Communication. Social Media. Affected by the recession? A crucible for them? Leadership vacuum.Enron? Like Sands Through the Hourglass. Baby Boomers.