Twitter Island. No, it’s not a place in Second Life where everyone uses twitter. On March 28, artists Lauri Apple and Seth Gershberg hosted a participatory performance piece titled Twitter Island at the nonprofit Chicago Art Department gallery. More: Follow smArts & Culture on twitter. digress.) Halsted).

The 8th Cause Marketing Forum Conference  is coming to the Westin Chicago River North on June 2 & 3. I’ve met some people on Twitter. New York to Chicago is $250 roundtrip and from Los Angeles it’s just $375. If you’re active on Twitter, the hashtag for this year’s conference is #cmf10.

in Chicago.  .  . Does your organization have: ·          Facebook page, causes, groups. ·          Twitter – multiple accounts for different parts of your organization including your Executive Director. ·          MySpace - page. ·          Blogs – same as Twitter, different people within your organization should have their own blogs.  .

Check your twitter stream for @lost ? You might remember that last week I posted the first part of an interview with Lauri Apple , one half of the team that produced Twitter Island , a participatory performance piece at the Chicago Art Department. More: How Artists Use Twitter Part 1. Twitter for Arts and Culture.

As a member of the host committee, I helped start a blog for the Network's recent conference in Chicago. For the Communications Network, we even integrated a Twitter feed about the conference into the blog. I highly recommend joining.). Please take a look and consider subscribing. There are a variety of ways to manage one.

Just because you’ve never produced a podcast or created a blog or twittered before doesn’t mean that it’s beyond you. Here’s a good audio slide show from Chicago’s New Communities Web site, and others from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Twitter: Don’t scoff! flickr/jessamyn. But please.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Hospital Corporate Development Summit today in Chicago. Subscribe to my newsletter, my RSS feed, friend me on Facebook, follow me on Twitter, etc. had a great time and it was fun to meet you all. My blog is a great way to stay in touch with me. These are all on the sidebar to your right.

Enhance your online learning experience by joining me at  CMF’s annual conference in Chicago this June. 8211;is here to stay (even if Facebook, Twitter et al are not). The majority of calls I take on cause marketing are from budget-conscious small nonprofits raising anywhere from a few hundred thousand to a few million a year.

Twitter Island Rescheduled: June 6, 2009 Chicago Art Department 1837 South Halsted Chicago Twitter Island II , the next step in artists Lauri Apple and Seth Gershberg ’s project documenting the dynamics of twitter interaction, has been rescheduled for June 6. Should Your Organization Merge? Because you’re busy.

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