Case Studies About Social Media

I enjoy reading about social media and how different places use it. I was very excited to find case studies at Ignite's Blog.

They have two lists of case studies-

1. 26 Social Media Marketing Examples in Detail
   
2. Non Profit Social Media Marketing Examples

40 Susan G. Komen for the Cure Affiliate Facebook Pages

Susan G. Komen For The Cure Facebook Page


Komen Affiliate Facebook Pages:

1. Austin Affiliate
2. Arkansas Affiliate
3. Boise Affiliate
4. Central Florida Affiliate
5. Central Valley Affiliate
6. Charlotte Affiliate
7. Chattanooga Affiliate
8. Chicagoland Area Affiliate
9. Cincinnati Affiliate
10. Columbus Affiliate
11. Connecticut Affiliate
12. Dallas County Affiliate
13. Denver Affiliate
14. Eastern Washington Affiliate
15. Grand Rapids Affiliate
16. Greater Amarillo Affiliate
17. Greater New York City Affiliate
18. Indianapolis Affiliate
19. Los Angeles County Affiliate
20. Lubbock Area Affiliate
21. Maine Affiliate
22. Massachusetts Affiliate
23. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate
24. Mid-Kansas Affiliate
25. Mid-Missouri Affiliate
26. North Central Alabama Affiliate
27. Northern Nevada Affiliate
28. Northeast New York Affiliate
29. Northeast Ohio Affiliate
30. Northwest Ohio Affiliate
31. Orange County Affiliate
32. Oregon and SW Washington Affiliate
33. Philadelphia Affiliate
34. Puget Sound Affiliate
35. Richmond Affiliate
36. South Florida Affiliate
37. Southwest Florida Affiliate
    
38. St. Louis Affiliate
39. Tidewater Affiliate
40. Tri-Cities TN Affiliate

Blog Action Day - Climate Change Content on Facebook

There are many groups, pages, and causes on Facebook that have to do with climate change.

Here are some examples of climate change content on Facebook:

• Climate Witness in Action is World Wildlife Fund's initiative to help people share their stories about how climate change is impacting on their local environment and communities and what they are doing to be part of the solution. WWF setup a cause for this and has 1,053 members.
• Rainforest2Reef has a cause called Protecting the Rainforest to Slow Climate Change. They have 2,015 members and have raised $235 with this cause.
• CARE setup a cause for their campaign called The Human Face of Climate Change. This cause has 9,606 members and has raised $464.
• The Climate Project has a cause with 4,266 members and has raised $457. They also have a group with 2,565 members.
• Unite for Climate has a page where photos and links are shared.
• Climate Solutions has a page where they post lots of links.
• The Climate Institute, an organization in Australia, has a group and a page.
• Campaign against Climate Change is a campaign in the United Kingdom. They have a group with 4,361 members and a page with 4,543 fans.
• Protect Our Winters shares links on their page and has 5,635 fans. They also have a group with 7,982 members.
  

Goals and Ideas for Nonprofit Blogs

I came across an interesting blog entry and presentation at Community Organizer 2.0 titled Strategic Blogging for Nonprofits.

According to the blog entry, there are three questions that should be asked when working on a blog for an organization.

1. Who is your audience?

2. Why are they coming to your blog?

3. What do you want them to do?

The presentation has some ideas of topics nonprofits can blog about.

Here are some ideas:

• News/Updates
• Campaign Information
• Behind the Scenes
• Call to Action
• Personal Stories
• Achievements
  

Links for May

Here are some interesting websites and blog entries that I wanted to with my readers-

• 9 Reasons Social Media and the Web Can Save Wildlife from National Wildlife Foundation's Blog
• Five Things To Do With Your Nonprofit Blog from Notes for Non-Profits
• Non Profit Website Design: Examples and Best Practices from Smashing Magazine
• Web Design Industry Jargon: Glossary and Resources from Smashing Magazine
• U.S. Government Channel on YouTube
  

Government Resources About Earth Day and the Environment

Here are some resources from the U.S. Government about Earth Day and the environment:

Earth Day - US Government Portal

Earth Day from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) - Earth Day 2009

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: Earth Day (U.S. Department of Energy)

Remarks at the State Department's "Greening Diplomacy" Earth Day Event

The White House - Press Office - Presidential Proclamation - Earth Day

Earth Day Resources from Library of Congress

Use of Social Media and the Internet on Inauguration Day

Here are some interesting facts on how people used social media and the internet to follow the Inauguration-

• The Presidential Inaugural Committee setup an inauguration channel on YouTube, a twitter account, and a flickr account
• People posted and followed updates on twitter using #inaug09
• A graph on the twitter blog shows the number of twitter updates
• Photos were shared on Flickr using the inauguration tag
• According to the Google Blog, the top keywords used during the day on Google were live inauguration coverage, inauguration day 2009 streaming, listen to inauguration live
• A graph on Google shows that the number of searches dropped from when the presidential oath began and when the Inaugural speech ended

Links for more information-

Inauguration Day: Social Media Goes to Washington

Interactive Inauguration of Obama Is Just the Beginning

Obama's Is First Web 2.0 Inauguration

Live-Blogging the Social Media Inauguration

Official Google Blog: Search findings from the U.S. presidential inauguration