NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - best practices

"Good work. Now let's talk about me."

alexsteed — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:35:14 -0400

A few brief notes to start (or "old business" for all of you Robert's Rules fetishists):

Avoid Shooting Yourself in your Social Media Foot with an Uzi

Rich Reader — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:38:10 -0400

Social media practitioners must understand what not to do in the space, as the grassroots are extraordinarily unforgiving and interconnected. Don't be a weed. To wit, I received a message from a friend on Facebook, and immediately it struck me that he was shooting himself in the social media foot with an uzi. The message which I received was sent to 18 persons whose first name begins with the letter R. One can only assume that this instance of his message recurred many times, hence the uzi. It comes across as spam, however well-targeted it might be. It is a formula for failure.

Lessons for Non-Profits from Jeremiah Owyang’s presentation “Your Facebook Strategy: Opportunities of a Ready-Made Platform”

Rich Reader — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:22:05 -0500

As many of us know, or have heard, Jeremiah Owyang brought down the house with his keynote presentation at the Seattle! Yep Web Community Forum on December 5th. Special thanks go to Beth Kanter for casting a spotlight on Jeremiah’s contributions toward our better understanding & appreciation of social media.

Helping organizations make sense of their information - an interview with James Thomas of Business Objects

michelle shutzer — Tue, 16 May 2006 12:18:53 -0400

James Thomas is the Senior Director, Corporate Product Marketing at Business Objects. He talks to us about tools for better decision-making, collaborative models, scalability and doing more with less.

Business Objects is a Silver sponsor of NetSquared, a donating partner to TechSoup Stock and corporate partner to TechSoup.org.