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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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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Here’s a conundrum: How can members ever feel like part of their chapter community if they don’t attend chapter events? Billhighway explains how to get reacquainted with post-pandemic chapter members and design a chapter event experience that’s worth their time. William Penn Chapter events. Leadership training. Good stuff. Users group.

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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. How To Be A Chameleon.

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Clown Group Looks to Change Public Perception on Clowning

Associations Now

It’s also equipping its members on how to stay safe and acclimate. Since then, “creepy clowns”—the moniker given to this craze—have made appearances in more than a dozen states , including Arkansas, Texas, and California. Police have responded by arresting the creepy clowns, who have frightened people in person and via social media.

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How An Informal Nonprofit Employee Champion Program Can Benefit A One-Person Communications Dept.

Beth Kanter

Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. As a one-person communications department, your workload, which includes doing the social media, is always increasing. How did you do it? Are you an one-person communications department?

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth Kanter

They are most likely already sharing great stories about your organization on their social media streams and making suggestions to their friends and followers about how awesome your organization’s programs are. One Person Communications Department: Arkansas Advocates for Children has a one-person communications department.

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Advocating for a Better Legislative Flow

Association Adviser

Now that I’m on the outside [with AWWA], I understand what the regulatory interests and concerns are from utilities and how to best communicate those to the EPA insiders. GTM: The Beaver (Arkansas) Water District has put in a rate increase for source water protection through landscape protection.