Be Good Be Social took place in Edinburgh last night (that’s the charity sector social media event I blogged about last week), attracting delegates from the likes of Oxfam Scotland, Childline, Young Scot, Quarriers, Yorkhill Children’s Foundation …
If you’ve subscribed to the RSS feed over on www.thirdsectorlab.co.uk you’re probably a little dissapointed at the level of activity recently. I’ve not posted there in a while because I’ve started using this site for my personal thoughts, I’ve bee…
Voluntary sector aims to bring people together onlineFeedback: Lauren Currie, co-founder of Mypolice social networking site.Stephen NaysmithShare 0 comments26 Oct 2010Police who tweet, charities using Facebook or taking on citizen journalists – th…
I’m a social (media) animal Posted by Martin Keane on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 1 Comment (Edit) Since an early age I felt that I had to choose a path which made a difference, in recent years I came to realise that this had to centre on help…
Click to view largeDownload full size (1483 KB) We’re looking for volunteers who have a good understanding of social media tools, including Twitter, Facebook and blogging. Advanced technical knowledge, coding etc, is not required. As we’re looking…
via youtube.com Scottish charity OneKind have really raised the bar on campaign videos with #theyrehere. You’ll be able to hear Martin Keane from OneKind speaking about their use of social media for movement building at #BeGoodBeSocial this month.
I really like Malcolm Gladwell’s new piece on digital political organizing. It’s got an excellent structure, alternating scenes of the lunch counter protests of the 1960s with ideas about the loose social groups that activists attempt to catalyze …
I’ve been involved in a number of events over the last few years, most notably I was lead organiser of Glasgow’s first Twestival Local and, more recently, I was lucky enough to be part of the sounding board for Scotland’s first Media 140 event. Un…
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There’s plans brewing for a Scottish third sector social media get-together. The event will bring together people for non-profit orgs, charities and social enterprises interested in social media for social good. I’ll update this blog soon with tic…
