Fundraising using Social Media: Mashable’s Summer of Social Good Case Study
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Another momentous month has flown by.
Amongst a raft of new project developments for Real Fresh TV (more on this on the soon-to-be unveiled new website!), a number of significant developments have taken place in the burgeoning social media industry relating to charity fundraising I feel I most post about.
The Case for Open Source in Enterprise aka What I Learnt at WordCamp UK 2009
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Inspired
Matt Mullenweg, WordPress co-founder & Chi-chi, WordCamp UK 2009
After two frenetic days at Arts Council England’s Art of Digital London event in Sadler’s Wells which I liveblogged as part of the AmbITion content team, I was in welcoming Wales for WordCamp UK 2009.
Skillset North Launch and a Quick Update on 7 Wonders in 7 Days
Posted on 05. Jul, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Inspired
I’m finally blogging my notes from a couple of key industry events I attended in the last month. This post is about the launch of Skillset North. I will blog about developments at MediaCity:UK in a follow up post.
Using Twitter to Raise Money for Charity AKA Social Media For Social Good – #smc_mcr
Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Last night’s Social Media Cafe Manchester, the 6 month anniversary of the events was a fantastic reminder of just how quickly social media has gripped the imagination of the British public.
Make that how quickly Twitter has gripped the imagination of the British public.
I attended the Twitter Titters session at yesterday’s unconference-style face-to-face social networking event(!). There’s more details on the other session by Futuresonic founder Drew Hemment here.
Hosted by Louise Bolotin and Christina McDermott, two thirds of the team behind the Twitter Titters book put together to raise money for Comic Relief through Twitter, it was a fascinating insight into how to use Twitter to raise money for charity and promote a book on the web. You can follow Louise Bolotin and Christina McDermott on Twitter.
Already, there are some great write ups about the session on the interwebs. Jon Clements of the PR Media blog posts his take here and here’s Democracy PR’s Jennifer O’Grady’s helpful overview.
What follows are my notes from the event:
