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What Reid Hoffman writes in this post might be obvious to some but it's a fundamental point I see others overlook more often than not. Context is really important both in real life and on social media. Via Guillaume Decugis 
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November 16, 2012 1:15 PM
context is everything on the Internet - been saying that for 20 years ...
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Are you checking email or tweeting or texting as you read this session description?
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CEOs are under pressure to appear accessible and authentic, but social media like Twitter, with its demands for quick, unscripted updates that can quickly go viral, poses legal and other risks for the executives and their firms.
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These tips were shared in June in Chicago at the Making Media Connections conference. The presenter was Bryan Breckenridge, LinkedIn Nonprofit Success Enabler.
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I love the word serendipity and today I happened to see a tweet chat #pochat and I began following the stream. I met a man who lives and breathes what I hold dear to my heart - meaningful connections that lead to powerful communities. After interacting with Bobby and listening to this talk, I could have said this myself. "Bobby Umar is a human teddy bear and a personal diary. People always want to hug him and share deep, personal thoughts with him, even after a first meeting" This inspiring talk is all about the 5 c's of connection - they are **Caring **Communication **Connection **Community **Change Today we're living with massive change in every area of our lives. It's an exciting time but it is also a time of confusion and anxiety. No person can afford to be a lone wolf, we all need each other. I loved this talk, what he is saying is what gets me out of bed in the morning. It is my purpose and it was so wonderful to hear him speak and articulate what I am trying to do as well. There are so many wonderful people out there who have the same vision, who are different from me and you, we all have something to learn from each other.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Exploring Change Through Ongoing Discussions" Listen to the talk here: [http://bit.ly/S40CRL] Via janlgordon
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Technology bridges distance and borders. Individuals today can keep in touch with their friends and family in completely new ways — regardless of where they live. We explored these internatio...
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Curated by Beth Kanter This article from Jay Bear, author of the Now Revolution and writes a popular blog on social and content marketing called Convince and Convert. What: "Insourcing" means getting people inside the organization to create the content or participate on social media channels. Social media is not effective if just being implemented by one person, a social media manager, it needs to everyone across the organization. It is a core organizational compentency. Why: Social has gone mainstream and there more and more channels. Many think "more is better." But it is better to be notably good at whatever social and content implementation you tackle. Nonetheless, "more" is here - so it requires "insourcing" to be efficient as social and content are labor intensive processes. Implications: With more people internally participating in social and creating content, work flows and triage are more important. Tools: Emerging new category of tools - "content marketinjg tools" Skyword: http://www.skyword.com/ Kapost: http://www.kapost.com/ DivvyHQ: http://www.divvyhq.com/ PublishThis: http://www.publishthis.com/ Compendium: http://www.compendium.com/ Future: Automated content distribution based on internal knowledge mapping. It analyzes employee social behavior and what they know, and uses AI to triage responses. It's automation of expertise mining - the right internal resource for the right question at the right time. The last point sounds like science fiction to me, but makes total sense.
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Curated by Beth Kanter Networked Nonprofit professionals now how to leverage their personal professional networks for their organizations. LinkedIn is a great for this but it requires smart networking. Here's some tips. Make smart, right connections. Only the serious apply here. This is where the professional community engages, interacts, connects and refers. Start your process on LinkedIn if you want to get a company or person to notice you. Develop your profile, put up a professional head shot, link your blog, and post good content as often as you can and respond to other people’s posts.
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In the ever-expanding and fast-paced new media world, issues appear to be more about context and less about content. The posts often appear short sighted, and lack substance but they reach a wide audience nevertheless.
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Beth Kanter Nonprofits are always tight with time, so the idea of using a schedule for tweets and FB is attractice. Save time, load your tweets for the week in 20 minutes and you're done. But is it really effective? Quote from article: Depending on which guru you ask, you’ll get very different--and very strong--opinions on whether to preschedule your social media. Social Oomph and HootSuite give users the ability to write now and Tweet later, but is that really what you want attached to your name? Anti-autos see scheduling tweets as inauthentic and misleading. The pro-automation set sees them as effective time-management tools that allow them to be “present” on social media--even when they aren’t. The articles says, Connection Alone is Not Enough To Drive Business Results" My view: Nonprofits should balance the work flow with automating content, but also building in time for engaging with people in their network in real time to build connections. It takes two different headsets and you have to learn to switch back and forth.
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This piece was written by Srinivas Rao for Businessgrow Are you stuck in a social media rut? Here are five ideas to find new connections and marketing inspiration. Here are some highlights: Our natural tendency is to gravitate towards people similar to us, and the result is a self-imposed lens through which we view the social web. Innovation and new ideas can’t diffuse throughout the social web when experts spend all their time talking to experts. It's important we not only embrace new and emerging talent, but also take steps to get outside of our comfort zone and expand our horizons. Here are a few tips that caught my attention: **Purge your blog reader and start from scratch - look at new blogs, it leads to new connections **Pick 5 new people to follow on Twitter & build a relationship with them **Attend a conference outside your industry - *a great opportunity to expand your network substantially *tap into a significant source of opportunities. *Be exposed to a wide variety of new ideas Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Curation, Social Business and Beyond" Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/OAhpcw] Via janlgordon
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We’ve all heard the term “viral.” And no one knows the term better than George Takei, a former crew member on the Enterprise who has found a whole new, outspoken identity on Facebook.
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Social media is great for networking, but it can also feel totally overwhelming. Here are a few ways to sift through the noise and find the people and conversations that you should be engaged with.
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I chose this piece by Jose Baldaia today because it is profound and relevant. . “The most productive people are the most trusting people. If this seems to be an astonishing statement, it shows how distorted the concept of trust has become. Trust is one of the most essential qualities of human relationships. Without it, all human interaction, all commerce, all society would disappear.” Taylor McConnell Here's what I took away from this article: **We're all facing trying times, so much change and chaos, it's essential that we trust ourselves and each other to find solutions together for some very difficult challenges ahead. **How well do we know each other and ourselves? This is an important question and it starts with ourselves, continually looking inside for our true voice and purpose **We must find our own clarity and purpose and act from that place in all of our dealings with others on and offline to build trust. **We need to have confidence in ourselves and find others whom we trust in order to co-create and find new meaning and solutions to problems together Here are some highlights directly from Jose Baldaia:
Trust can be represented or felt at three distinct levels, namely, ethical, behavioral and knowledge that make us vulnerable according to the concept of acceptable risk that we set for ourselves and for others in these levels.
“To collaborate with others involves often have to face opposing thoughts, but it does not mean having to abdicate of ourselves for the benefit of the other or vice versa. On the basis of collaboration is also creating a culture of courage and that is not only to make people courageous, it is to create conditions in which the courageous people can accomplish their projects.
A sustained balance between trust in me and trust in others, that is reciprocal, it is only possible to establish yourself by the feeling generated and perceived in these connections. It is only possible through effective communication." Selected by Jan Gordon "Exploring Change Through Ongoing Discussions" Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/LNNnmH] Via janlgordon
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September 22, 2012 12:28 PM
Been thinking a lot about this lately - see: http://www.bethkanter.org/networks-hatred-civilsociety/
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Brian Solis did a guest post for gapingvoid on a topic that is very close to my heart, truly feeling empathy for others Here's what caught my attention: **""what if I asked you, “how are you feeling?” Brian Solis Add one word and you unlock a vault of emotion and valuable dialogue **In a social economy where paying it forward and reciprocity serve as the currency of relationships, emotional exchanges form strong ties **It takes asking, listening, and responding to instill trust and a sense of meaning into any engagement **What you walk away with however is priceless; for you now have felt empathy. And, empathy is the secret ingredient to feeling the need for transformation **the inspiration to find a creative or passionate spark to design new and significant experiences. **Once you listen, not monitor but truly listen to customer activity and observe online behavior you cannothelp but feel both empathy and harmony There’s a difference between management and leadership. There’s a difference between pioneering and following. There’s a difference between exploring possibilities and chasing them. I love this quote in this article from one of my favorite people: Maya Angelou "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Exploring Change Through Ongoing Discussions" Read full article here: [http://tinyurl.com/bn6kmq2] Via janlgordon
Beth Kanter's comment,
September 22, 2012 12:19 PM
I've been tracking this topic calling it "Network Mindset" -- very important for nonprofits. Thanks for starting this scoop.it ...
janlgordon's comment,
September 22, 2012 2:39 PM
Hi Beth, This is a wonderful topic and one that is very much needed in business today. I'd love to see what you've tracked on this so far. Talk to you soon!
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September 22, 2012 3:13 PM
Jan - I have a scoop.it called "networked ngo" - isn't funny how new coillections sprout up
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Nearly 90% of small businesses are spending time networking online, according to a new study by small business forum Manta. Out of 600 small business ow... Via Khaled El Ahmad
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Connected individuals out there leveraging their networks http://storify.com/scotthensley/poop-strong-meets-aetna-ceo-online
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Trend Micro reports on the risks of posting personal information on social networks. Via Khaled El Ahmad
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Visualizing your network. This tool helps. NodeXL is an Excel 2007/2010 template for viewing network graphs, along with a set of .NET Framework 3.5 class libraries that can be used to add network graphs to custom applications. My write up the workshop that I took back in 2009
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Learn how to make your social media marketing take less time out of your day so you're a more efficient marketer.
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Curated by Beth Kanter How automation can efficient, but gets in the way of strengthening relationships.
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