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Written by Kristin Rippee
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Wednesday, 09 September 2009 10:10 |
Welcome to the website companion to the Central Sierra Connect course
Social Media and You: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube, Theory 101
This course was originally designed for the Tuolumne County YES Partnership, and can be taken in person when offered locally, or taken as a self-study right from this site!
Simply follow the links and poke around!
Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids
A. News/Info
B. Apps
- Google (Docs, Groups, Calendar, Reader)
- Open Office
- Delicious bookmarks
- PDF converter
C. Social Networks
D. Media
E. Aggregators
F. Webmail
G. Online Task Lists
H. Safety and Privacy
How-To Documents (to be downloaded and read on your favorite .doc-reading program)
YouTube
Nonprofits effectively leveraging social media:
- Charity: Water lets you know exactly where your money goes - very clever marketing for donations.
- Check out the Humane Society of the US - scroll down and note the handy collection of links to social media on the right hand side: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Flickr. Well done, Humane Society!
- Save the Children has an incredibly smart feature: an RSS button above-the-fold. One click and you can load Save the Children latest news directly into your feed reader of choice!
- UNICEF doesn't link to their social media accounts directly from the main page, but they have a lovely feature on their social media page that gives you a bit of guidance. The site tells you exactly what they want you to do: "Become a 'fan' of UNICEF on Facebook," it tells you. "Become a 'friend' on UNIFEF on MySpace." Very clear, and a click will do the trick!
- Another pointed social media page we like: the Exploratorium page. (Follow their Twitter feed! @Exploratorium!)
- Last on our very incomplete list: the American Red Cross, often held to be one of the biggest, baddest orgs to play with social media (the first line of the Red Cross social media page is "Who says the Internet is only for young people? At age 127, the American Red Cross loves the Internet.") - these folks will connect with you online in any way possible. Impressive, Red Cross!
Twitter
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