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Social Media and Disaster: Hospitals On Facebook

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Joplin, Missouri is where most of my family and friends still live. 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.

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Alumni Associations Use Social Media to Reinvent Donation Drives

Associations Now

Other examples of alumni associations winning at social media: On Wednesday, Columbia University’s alumni association raised more than $11 million for 19 of the university’s schools and programs through its annual giving day. How’s your alma mater reaching out to you on social media these days?

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[GUEST BLOG] If Everyone Goes Left, Go Right

GrowthZone

The third example is Chris Russell with the Nixa, Missouri Chamber of Commerce. Over the past 10 years, Frank has helped hundreds of chambers reach their goals with staff and member training, strategic planning, board retreats and orientations, social media, digital marketing, technology, and more. She refused to conform.

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Can Real-Time Public Relations Analysis Help Association Marketers?

Associations Now

New research looks at ways that analysis of social media and online forums can help marketers understand their association’s relationship with key stakeholders and evaluate campaign messaging. We rely on public statements on social media.”. How members and the public perceive your association is key to its brand.

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Do I Still Belong In The Association Space?

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

I still remember moving to Bethesda, Maryland, from Joplin, Missouri, starting my first job in associations - working for the Parenteral Drug Association. I was focused in membership (specifically chapter development) and then took on the evolution of social media for the association, leading me to start presenting on it at ASAE events.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. Does that mean your social media is international? Probably not. Probably not.

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In “Digital Protest,” NAACP Urges Users to Boycott Facebook

Associations Now

After reports released Monday by the Senate Intelligence Committee revealed that the Russian social media campaign to influence the 2016 election specifically targeted African-Americans to suppress voting, the NAACP asked its supporters to boycott Facebook for a week by logging out on Tuesday.