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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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[GUEST BLOG] If Everyone Goes Left, Go Right

GrowthZone

When Facebook LIVES first came out most chamber people were hesitant to put themselves out there on live video. The third example is Chris Russell with the Nixa, Missouri Chamber of Commerce. It was scary. It was risky. It was hard work. But Rebecca didn’t let that stop her. She did Facebook LIVES just about every day.

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Alumni Associations Use Social Media to Reinvent Donation Drives

Associations Now

Berkeley even got a few famous alums together to promote the event in a viral video: Such campaigns are becoming more common in both the United States and Europe, as alumni associations and their parent schools try to attract new audiences. How’s your alma mater reaching out to you on social media these days?

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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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.2.21

Reid All About it

This series of 15- to 20-minute videos cover hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. Sessions: How to Create an Effective Social Media Strategy for Your Event; How to Use Virtual Events to Promote Your In-Person Event; Reinventing Live, The Always-On Future of Events; The Future of the Event Industry – What Is Hybrid!?

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SCD Group: E-learning will Impact Association Education.

SCD Group

I shared with them that my on-campus learning included freshman classes that involved watching a math professor lecturing to a class of 300+ over a video channel. After returning home, I spotted a local news story that the University of Missouri plans to spend $2.5 I quickly shared the article with my brother!