The Problems of Overusing Social Media; Plus More: Tuesday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
July 13, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
- Erratic tweeting can cause an organization’s Twitter account to lose followers, writes Ken Goldstein on the Nonprofit Consultant Blog. Mr. Goldstein says he stopped following an organization after receiving hundreds of tweets from the group within three hours. The incident, he says, underscores the notion that social media can easily be abused when the recipient’s information needs are not considered.
- Holden Karnofsky, a co-founder of the nonprofit-evaluation group GiveWell, writes on his blog that the closure of the microfinance group Unitus highlights why donors need to pay more attention to whether charities have “room for more funding.” (See The Chronicle’s story on Unitus’s closure).
- In Chattanooga, Tenn., Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter provides administrative services to five other nonprofit child care providers. Jean Butzen, a nonprofit management consultant, profiles the shared back-office arrangement on the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s blog.
- Jocelyn Harmon, director of nonprofit services at Care2, has written a piece for FundRaising Success on seven warning signs that nonprofit organizations are not effectively communicating with their audiences. Ms. Harmon says that nonprofit organizations need to keep their messages up-to-date and focus on successes.
- Challenge yourself and find your limits are among the tips that Kristin Ivie, a program manager at the Case Foundation, offers to nonprofit professionals in their 20s on Social Citizens.
