Tag Archives: social media
Do Facebook Sit-Ins Work?
Thanks to Meaghan Killion Joyce for forwarding an interesting piece on www.congress.org about the use of Facebook sit-ins.
It supports my reminder that abundance dilutes impact.
Clay Shirky, author of “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations,” said the following in the article about social media sites as a way to put pressure on lawmakers: “It may be effective in the short term, but it will not be effective in the long term. This is the classic problem with political messaging right now. It’s become so easy to do things like this.”
And you know how I feel (and what the research supports) regarding easy vs. persuasive communications.
But if you want to give the virtual sit-ins a try,…
I2M Presents Research Findings on the Best (and Worst) Uses of Social Media
As more people use technology each month – from the Internet to mobile phones to both – our habits and expectations change. We start to evolve, and the technology evolves with us. This creates an environment of digital Darwinism: political organizations and associations can either adapt or slowly die off.
Julie Barko Germany, Director of George Washington University’s Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, will be sharing her latest research on how groups are successfully (and unsuccessfully) using social media to advance their causes, and how you can apply those findings to your outreach efforts. She serves as the director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet and director of marketing and communications for The George Washington…
