Posts tagged with social+good

Social Media in the Classroom

Social media as we know it today grew out of the college experience. Facebook was initially a platform for students to connect with other classmates through courses they were taking. The way those classes are using social now would make any digiphile graduating before the turn of the century envious. Today’s students can connect with professors on Twitter before they even enroll.  They can preview classes through hashtags. And once they arrive on campus, there’s a virtual quad waiting for them.

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Celeb Tweeps Make Fans’ Dreams Come True (For a Good Cause)

As a member of the Entertainment Practice at NMS, I’m always interested to see which people in the industry are active on Twitter, and even better, which of them take the time to interact with their fans.  You all may remember the day when Conan O’Brien randomly followed one of his fans and made the girl an instant celebrity for the day.  Sadly, I have not achieved my goal of having one of my favorite stars mention me on Twitter yet, but now anyone who shares the same aspiration can make it happen… and for a good cause.

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New Media Strategies Hosts “Upgrade Your Social Media Presence” as part of DC Week - A Recap

Nearly 6,000 people participated in Washington, D.C.’s first Digital Capital Week -  a 10-day festival showcasing technological innovation and social media best practices. During the conference, New Media Strategies employees led an intensive workshop called “Upgrade Your Social Media Presence With NMS,” sharing insight into how job seekers and professionals can be seen as thought-leaders online by enhancing their search result rankings, specifically on Google. Here's a re-cap.

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If You’re HAPPO and You Know It

There’s something indelibly beautiful to me about the relationship-building nature of people in the communications industry. Rarely have I encountered a passionate member of our community that hasn’t been willing to lend a hand and help a colleague out. And while our industry itself is based on a foundation of fostering mutually beneficial relationships, there are few places other than Twitter where you can witness this interaction firsthand.

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Should companies let their employees blog? We think so.

Should companies let their employees blog? Employee blogging has been a hot topic in the blogosphere, most recently when market research firm Forrester announced its controversial decision to not allow their employees to blog outside of the Forrester site.  So, we thought it would be a good time to hear from NMS Founder & CEO Pete Snyder about NMS’s thoughts on employee blogging.

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What’s All the Buzz About? Why, Google Buzz!

I would like to thank whoever decided to launch Buzz in the middle of the snowpocalypse of 2010. Great decision or greatest decison ever? You be the judge! By Aminatou Sow

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New Media Strategies Speaker Series - Jory Des Jardins

Today we have live UStream video of our ongoing New Media Strategies Speaker Series. Our speaker at 1:30 p.m. ET is Jory Des Jardins,Co-Founder and President of Strategic Alliances, BlogHer Inc.

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Tales from the MI6 Conference: Negroponte and OLPC

It's the vision of peace, that we find our tribal, pre-national connections to each other, only this is so much more sophisticated, unprecedented in human history. The biggest webs of social connectivity in human history.

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Social Media for Social Good: Ending the “R-word”

The “R-Word.”  It’s one of those words that may seem like just another piece of slang thrown into everyday language when describing something stupid, dumb or irrational. However, it is not just another piece of slang. It is an insult to those with intellectual disabilities. This is why the Special Olympics asked individuals to participate in “Spread the Word to End the Word”  on March 31st, 2009 – a campaign to raise the consciousness of society about the dehumanizing and hurtful effects of the R-Word and urge people to resolve to stop using it as an insult, casual or intended.

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