UPDATE: Stats from Mike on Social Media Fundrasing

In this post, Happy Earth Day – Social Media Style, I gave an electronic round of applause to Mike Boudreaux for his great use of social media to raise money for the MS150.  
He has sent me a breakdown of his success:
55 % of $1600 raised via Social Networking
- 15% Twitter
- 29% Facebook
- 12% LinkedIN
Congrats again!

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Are you a New Media D-bag or Twitter Hoochie?

Here is a list of my Top 5 Favorite Social Media Video Spoofs.  Enjoy and add your favorite to the comments section!
1. Flutter 
When 140 characters is just too much…

2. Facebook in Real Life
POKE!

3. Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist at Twitter
Old Media vs. New Media 
Click HERE!
4. New [...]

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Brave New Media World

When I first took on the role of Community Manager and Social Media Strategist at National Instruments, I felt like an electronic Christopher Columbus, navigating and exploring the Brave New Media World.   Then, I quickly began my own revolutionary war — preaching the ways of new media.  I identified social media foot soldiers in [...]

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Federal Crisis Communication 2.0

Like millions of Texans, my family was directly impacted by Hurricane Ike.  While my parents evacuated to Austin, my younger brother is braving it out without power in Houston.  After assisting them during this crisis situation, I developed a few suggestions for how the federal, state and local government organizations can utilize social media for [...]

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MDS: Community Marketing and Social Media Homework

Today, Heidi Baschnagel, the director of marketing communications at National Instruments, asked me to put together a list of recommended readings for students in the NI MarCom Leadership Class, internally known as the “NI MBA.” Having gone through this class in 2006, I am extremely excited about the opportunity to share some nuggets of wisdom [...]

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