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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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Bold idea? This association got rid of its annual conference

Association Success

When John Bridges took over the Arkansas State Employees Association as executive director about two years ago, he had big ideas. The important thing, Bridges noted, is that the same number of decisions that get made during that annual meeting can happen on social media and with other tools, like VoterVoice.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Aaron Terr at Persuasion makes a free speech case for Section 230 , which prevents owners of social media platforms and online communities from being sued for user-generated content. Politicians want to beat up on social media platforms because people are saps, but what are the downstream effects? 1 CAE credit.

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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.

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

Association Success

LinkedIn: The social media site for business professionals often has leadership content pop up to the top of feeds. Arkansas State Employees Association executive director John Bridges needed to find a way to connect with his members quickly as state policy needs arise, but he didn’t know of any resource to solve that problem.

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Clown Group Looks to Change Public Perception on Clowning

Associations Now

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. Are you an one-person communications department? How did you do it?