Beth Kanter: The Networked Nonprofit (NMC Symposium Keynote)

Beth Kanter, International Social Media expert, gave the second keynote talk at the New Media Consortium’s Symposium for the Future today.  It was a wonderful session on the use of social media by non-profits, chock-full of great stories and examples.
She started off her session with a bang, by arriving in a Jetson’s-style vehicle, to the [...]

Flocking

Here’s another article, this one from USA Today (sorry about that), summarizing the latest thinking on social networking and the “contagion” idea (see previous post on social networking and contagion).  This article pulls together a few threads from different places…I like the idea put forth of flocking or schooling behavior as an analogy for human [...]

Social Networking and Contagion

If you haven’t yet read the Sunday NY Times article on social networks (written by Clive Thompson) and their relationship to behavior, do it. Stop what you’re doing now (alright, maybe finish reading this post) and go read it.  You’re going to love it.
To recap briefly…for years, social scientists have been looking for an extensive [...]