Nonprofit Technology Conference 2010 - Using social media to engage supporters
The conference title makes most people think it deals with technology, servers, and computers, but the real buzz of the conference is using new social media tools for fundraising and publicity. That is, how can technology be used to support decision-making and communications. Some highlights of my conference attendance, include the following : Sessions on "networked non-profits" with authors Beth Kanter and Alison Fine . This session was jam-packed in a mid-size conference room. There was a noticeable amount of excitement around the session with Kanter and Fine -- both are very active in social media and studying organizations. Kanter emphasized that "something fundamental is changing with social media," meaning it facilitates democratic, non-geographic change; social media powers social change. Fine mentioned there is a movement to open up organizations and turn them inside out through social media. They highlighted parts of their upcoming book The Networked ...