Jumo Jumo! Add your organization to Jumo!

Posted by on Nov 30, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

The new social network for positive change that launched today, Jumo, created by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is very clean and straight forward.   You can add your organization in just a couple of clicks, plus, anyone can add an organization – so now nonprofits are stuck being matriculated into the system. First, sign up at Jumo.com.  You have to be on Facebook, but these days, who isn’t. 2.  Select the issues you care about:  3.   Follow some nonprofits: 4.  Then from your Jumo homepage, select “add a project” . 5. Then add the organization.  I...

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Facebook Apps That Help

Posted by on Nov 1, 2010 in Blog, Branding, Social Media | Comments Off

Here are some ideas to help build your facebook page for your business or organization. 1) Configure your Page’s “Settings” to allow more participation. The ability to build community is essential in order to have a return on your investment (ROI) when using social networking sites, and you can’t build community on Facebook if you don’t allow your Likers to participate on your Page. This will mean that you are going to have check your Page more regularly for rogue comments, but that is a small price to...

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The Enterprise Value of Social Software

Posted by on Oct 1, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

by John Hagel III and John Seely Brown Social software is a key enabler of the move from push to pull If executives are wary of cloud computing, they are flat-out skeptical of social software. When most non-IT executives hear “social software,” they stop listening at “social” and imagine internet-aided water cooler chatter. They fear the loss of worker productivity — digital technology provides a seemingly endless array of distractions in the workplace. Executives cannot help but lose sleep over the potential loss of confidentiality and expanded opportunity for...

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10 social media tools for smart phones

Posted by on Sep 21, 2010 in Blog, Social Media | Comments Off

Here is a quick list of social media tools for smart phones to stay in touch while you’re on the road: 1. Twitter Twitter has a mobile website (m.twitter.com) and its own official Twitter App for iPhone, iPhone Touch and iPad. Twitter Apps for Android and Blackberry are also available. 2. Facebook Facebook has a mobile site (m.facebook.com), a touch site (touch.facebook.com), and Apps for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm, Sidekick and many more. 3. Foursquare Foursquare is essential for nonprofits and businesses that are location-based. Beyond adding your nonprofit on the desktop...

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How do I add Twitter to Facebook?

Posted by on Sep 17, 2010 in Blog, Social Media | Comments Off

How could something so basic be so confusing?  I get lost between Twitter and Facebook all the time and end up updating the wrong twitter account, or one for a client. Here is Twitter’s official page on how to add Twitter to Facebook.  The Twitter app for Facebook integrates Twitter into your Facebook application and allows to you kill it with updates.  Here is blog post from a Facebook employee discussing Publishing to Twitter from Facebook Pages, can’t get much more inside. You could use Ping.fm , which specializes in updates to all social media networks. Here is the most...

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