New Venues: Social Networking Sites

A presentation about social media delivered at the Academic Impresions conference, "ePhilanthropy for Fundraising Professionals," on July 30, 2008, in Charlotte, N.C.

Presentation description

Once you've tackled the basics, it’s worth considering how emerging technologies might advance your ePhilanthropy. From user-generated content (think YouTube, Flickr, and Wikipedia), to self-publishing tools (blogs and podcasts), to social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, and alumni networks), it’s a new day every day online. In this session, we’ll explore the emerging technology landscape with an eye toward what’s tested, what’s tempting, and what’s trouble.

Presentation handout

New Venues: Social Networking Sites (.pdf, 337KB) (color)

Resources cited in quiz

• State of the Blogosphere (Technorati.com)
• Facebook blog new member reference from December 2007
• Frequency of visiting social networking sites (Cloudmark, Inc.)
• YouTube stats
• Faceboook Stats
• More social media resources

Links to sites visited during presentation

• Robotic Freeze (Whitworth)
• March of the Librarians (Williams)
• Carnegie Mellon YouTube channel
• Daniel vs. RoboPhone POP-UP (Carnegie Mellon)
• Babson College on Flickr
• Week in Photos (University of Virginia)
• Go Gator Nation national ad (University of Florida)
• Go Gator Nation video site (University of Florida)
• Go Gator Nation videos on YouTube (University of Florida)
• Stop the Seal Hunt (International Fund for Animal Welfare) -- note: the campaign showed during the talk is no longer online
• Harvey Weingarten's blog (University of Calgary)
• RobBlog (Virginia Law)
• U.Va. Podcasts and Webcasts
• Union College Class of 2012 (Facebook)
• University of San Diego School of Medicine Class of 2003 (Facebook)
• YLC Atlanta (Facebook)
• Southern Virginia University Annual Fund (Facebook Cause)
• HoosOnline (University of Virginia alumni community - login required)
• Community Connect (Harris Connect's Facebook app)