From the Desk of David Pogue - The Twitter Experiment - NYTimes.com

From the Desk of David Pogue - The Twitter Experiment - NYTimes.com: "A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my bumpy initiation into the world of Twitter. It's sort of a complicated cross between a chat room and private e-mail. And it's both an interrupty time drain and an incredible source of real-time connection and information."

Twittering Tips for Beginners - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com

Twittering Tips for Beginners - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com: "So I’ve been Twittering for a couple of months, and I’ve learned a lot. I’m still dubious about Twitter’s prospects for becoming a tool for ordinary people (rather than early-adopter techie types).

But one thing’s for sure: The whole thing would be a lot more palatable if somebody would explain the basics. Something like this:

* You don’t have to open your Web browser and go to Twitter.com to send and receive tweets. In fact, that’s just silly. Instead, people download little programs like Twitterific, Feedalizr or Twinkle, they get the updates on their cellphones as text messages, or they use something like PocketTweets, Tweetie or iTweet for the iPhone. I’ve been using Twitterific for the Mac, which is a tall, narrow window at the side of the screen. Incoming tweets scroll up without distracting you. Much."

TODAY'S TECH CONFAB

TODAY'S TECH CONFAB: "So here’s the fashionable association techies from the CIO roundtable: American Chemical Society’s John Sullivan and Association of Fundraising Professionals Prabhash Shrestha. (Society for Human Resource Management’s Heidi Byerly spoke as well, but must be off fixing a bug.) They agreed a good CIO can put modesty aside and toot your department’s horn about projects; otherwise, departments forget what you’ve done and feel like IT is ignoring them. One clever suggestion from Heidi: An end-of-the-year survey asking staff to rate all your IT projects"

Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Tips for Giving Social Media Projects to Interns

Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Tips for Giving Social Media Projects to Interns: "If you are thinking about giving a social media project to an intern or a new employee who is a recent college grad, keep these four tips in mind. They’ll not only make your intern’s experience much better, but your organization will benefit too."

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The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Getting Your Videos Onto The Web
Options for distributing videos online

By Michael Hoffman

In 2006, Google’s $1.6 billion purchase of YouTube launched an era of online video that shows no signs of weakening. Last November, viewers watched 12.7 billion videos online, according to the research firm comScore -- 34 percent more than a year ago. Video cameras are commonplace, with one in nearly every cell phone. Many Web visitors expect to be able to watch something when they log onto a site. Can your nonprofit meet these expectations?"