Monthly Archive: December 2010

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Humane Society of the United States

December 28, 2010
Organization: The Humane Society of the United States Organization Size: 11 million supporters, 500+ staff Name: Carie Lewis Title: Director of Emerging Media Website: HumaneSociety.org Blog: hsus.typepad.com Facebook: facebook.com/humanesociety Twitter: @HumaneSociety, @cariegrls YouTube: youtube.com/hsus LinkedIn: humane-society, carielewis   1. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? MySpace, back when it was cool. That...

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Taproot Foundation

December 20, 2010
Organization: Taproot Foundation Organization Size: 40 Employees Name (s): Dupé Ajayi and Megan McDonald Title (s): Manager, External Affairs and Associate, Social Media & Recruitment Website: www.taprootfoundation.org Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog Facebook: facebook.com/taprootfoundation Twitter: twitter.com/taprootfound YouTube: youtube.com/thetaprootfoundation LinkedIn: taproot-foundation Jumo: http://bit.ly/gfpe6R 1. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Megan: MySpace was probably our first...

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

December 13, 2010
Organization: The Nature Conservancy Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff Name: Amy Ganderson Title: Associate Director, Digital Marketing Website: www.nature.org Mobile: m.nature.org Blog: blog.nature.org Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy Flickr: flickr.com/groups/thenatureconservancy 1. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? My guess would be either MySpace, YouTube, or Facebook Causes. I know...

[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

December 5, 2010
Organization: Women for Women International Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East Name: Lauren Shopp ||  lshopp@womenforwomen.org Title: Multimedia/Online Coordinator Website: www.womenforwomen.org Facebook: facebook.com/womenforwomen Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl Blog: wfwnotesfromthefield.wordpress.com 1. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and...