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Interesting blog post by Debra Donston-Miller on importance of social media metrics, April 4, 2012 1. Quality of fans/followers (organically targeting connections as followers react, reveal interests) 2. Social demographics (language, countries, age...) 3. Most popular pages, posts, and tweets 4. Page views and click-throughs (what gets read and shared) 5. Conversion (buy something, sign up for something, consume something

Article by Joanne Fritz at About.com Nonprofit Charitable Orgs on managing social media. She suggests "high activity on a limited # of networks." She uses Twitter (#1), Facebook, Google + (because it is growing rapidly and counts a lot toward SEO), and Hootsuite as her dashboard for social activity. Also recommends sharing reciprocity as indicated below: "I generally try to maintain a ratio of one for me to two or three of everyone else. One recent blog post suggested using the rule of quarters: 25% your content, 25% interaction, and 50% others' content. Of course, there is a reason for that. It's called reciprocity. When I promote someone else's blog posts or articles, that someone is likely to return the favor. When someone else endorses my work, that is much more effective than when I do it. My system for sharing revolves around my RSS Feed (I use Google Reader). The key to success with RSS is to get into the habit of checking it often. Otherwise it becomes a mess. "

interesting website called Ventureneer by Geri Stengel. Like the paragraph: "Leading a social enterprise requires the melding of all the skills of a business owner and of a nonprofit leaders. It's another level of knowledge that teaches you how to juggle the social enterprise triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit. "

Incredible infographic on social networking around the world located on Edudemic, 1.26.13 What it raises for me: Does being a member of a social network equal proficiency or satisfaction with use? If we already have this kind of saturation, what is the niche for the Studio for fill?

good article on using social media to achieve goals

Excellent article by Jan H. Kietzmann, Kristopher Hermkens, Ian P. McCarthy, and Bruno S. Silvestre explaining social media building blocks in Business Horizons (2011) 54, 241-251. Like the honeycomb image of social media functionality in particular.

interesting take by edudemic.com on social networks and what they capture/express through your participation or as they put it: "the questions lying behind social media" Facebook: What are you studying right now? Twitter: What would you recommend studying? LinkedIn: This is what I've studied YouTube: Here is a video lesson that i enjoyed Pinterest: Here are things I've learned and where I learned them Spotify: What do you listen to? Scoop It: What do you want to learn most? Learnist: What are the next steps and resources?

Interesting blog post by Robin Yap on whether to integrate different social feeds/accounts. IMO, it justifies my keeping Facebook separate from my other social media feeds that I use for different purposes.

Jane's advert for her next workshop where she explains what the course is and isn't.

Article by Timothy Stafford, November 2014, eLearn Magazine. Reports on study of 25 instructional designers who had at least three years of experience in p.i. design and one year of implementing social media into their instructional design platforms. Most interesting to me is the equal weight given to 3 learning theories to drive design and very broad definition of social media (which I agree with). Conclusion "Learning is shifting, but in many ways it is the foundations of learning that are having the most profound effect on contemporary instructional designers. Defining social media, digital literacy and learning, knowing, and expertise are only the tip of the iceberg for the future of learning within digital environments."

From Nonprofit Tech for Good blog, 1/11/14 Interesting to see how this list meshes with the list from 2015 from the business and not for profit side. Top of the list is mobilizing online communications and fundraising campaigns. Although not free and costly to small not for profits, social media and responsive designs for websites, blogs, and e-newsletters will become common. Flat design - making sure everything is optimal for mobile is crucial. Donate buttons on social media sites. Google Wallet will be integrated into Google+ pages. Already on YouTube Channels that participate in YouTube's nonprofit program. Live reporting on social media of org events, maturation of mobile fundraising apps, and increased employment opportunities in new media jobs in the nonprofit sector are the other 2014 trends.

Blog from Nonprofit Tech for Good 1/5/15 10 processes to turn into goals for the year including: Write LinkedIn Recommendations and endorsements; Add cause awareness days; experiment with at least one new social network; download and study nonprofit mobile apps; refresh your social media training; experiment with crowdfunding; host or participate in a tweet chat; create a social media fundraising success spreadsheet; take an Adobe Photoshop class; take regular breaks from technology

Excellent blog post on supporting and encouraging social learning, Jane Hart, March 23, 2012

blog post by Clive Andrews at NixonMcInnes, creating meaning in business. 9/26/2013 on using immediacy of messages being shared on social media to make operational choices.

got to this through Stephen Downes's Daily. This blog by Tim Rayner makes a distinction between sharing and gifting on social networks. He considers gifting as sharing with a purpose. Mindful sharing as opposed to sharing for sharing's sake. His argument is that gifting is the real power of social networks.

article by Claire Cain Miller titled "Why What You Learned in PreSchool Plays Well with Others" or "The Best Jobs Require Social Skills" on how jobs require both socializing and thinking. Technical skills can be automated but social skills can't.

article by Jenna Goudreau, Forbes staff, April 26, 2010 on how women are more social and specific action oriented while men are more strategic in their use of blogs, networks, etc.

article by Jenna Goudreau, Forbes staff, April 26, 2010 on how women are more social and specific action oriented while men are more strategic in their use of blogs, networks, etc. 

Ernie Smith, AssociationsNow,argues for tweets and other social media to bring people closer, while Sherry Turkle, MIT, was saying that we spend too much time on social media. It's not either or but both imo.

Social learning leadership skills web discussion, and how this web is a "much more helpful way of understanding the roles (and tensions) of those in positions of social leadership." Original skill web at: "http://wenger-trayner.com/all/social-learning-leadership/"

Slideshare presentation by NicoleElmore on social media--interesting stats on social media usage