Had a great time yesterday teaching a social media immersion class to staff members of 25 nonprofit orgs in the Norfolk, VA region. Yet the group came together as an incredibly productive learning community around social media. world (used synonymously w/social media) are saying about your organization.

The American Public Health Association seems to be in catch-up mode, and is now trying to quickly compile information about the use of social media by public health agencies and programs. These are just a few of the social media applications that are changing our world and redefining how we communicate information. Blogs.

Over the past decade there has been a dramatic shift in the emphasis of determinants of health and social behaviors from individuals to networks and communities. The world of social network theory introduces us to an entirely new set of concepts and ways of thinking about human behavior and the social forces that directly influence it.

NTEN, Common Knowledge, and ThePort released the Nonprofit Social Network Survey Report.  The surveyw as conducted in March, 2009, and 929 nonprofits responded representing a really good cross section of the sector by size and issue area. of non-profit [.].

1-topic about social media marketing. Today's Diva Marketing Talks explores how nonprofit organizations are using social media to not only tell their stories but to encourage donations to their causes, build community and expand their reach. Just because there is a social media tool does not mean you need to use it. 

At Engage: Hispanics , Lee Vann of interactive agency Captura Group offers the latest stats on use of social media by Hispanics. Lee’s main point: "When you combine the highly social Hispanic culture with strong technology usage, you get a perfect storm." Can anybody top what the March of Dimes is doing?

Are you wondering what social media can actually do for your arts organization? Well, if you’re in the Philadelphia area tonight, join Net Tuesday for: Extreme Makeover: Web Strategy Edition Tuesday, March 3, 6 PM Buffalo Billiards , 118 Chestnut Street Learn how Web 2.0 Socially Networked Membership. Who should attend?

On March 28, artists Lauri Apple and Seth Gershberg hosted a participatory performance piece titled Twitter Island at the nonprofit Chicago Art Department gallery. For me, my paintings deal with the ideas of celebrity and individuality, but also of loneliness -- so all of these issues come up when you're talking about social media.

Here is a "must read" report from Blackbaud and Charity Dynamics: Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media Tools. What are the differences between fundraising with traditional email tools versus using newer social media tools? Tantalized? Read the report. Chock full of important data. P.P.S.

It started on March 2 and will end on March 5. All you have to do is Tweet (Twitter's word for post) this phrase #apowerfulnoise before March 5 and NCF Fathom will donate 50 cents per tweet up to 10,000 tweets to CARE. CARE is running a Tweet-a-Thon - a fundraising contest via Twitter. Here's the skinny. BRILLIANTE! Jocelyn P.S.