SF Online Community MeetUp: Embracing Emerging Social Media, w/ Lauren Girardin

In April, we'll hear from Lauren Girardin, local nonprofit consultant, about how your organization can experiment bravely with emerging social media.

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Lauren Girardin (http://laurengirardin.com) uses her creative chutzpah to help nonprofits, foundations, and others engage their communities and share their stories. She shows organizations how to experiment bravely in their digital and traditional communications. Lauren is on the steering committee for NTEN's annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, is one of the Reddit moderators for /r/nonprofit (http://reddit.com/r/nonprofit), and counts TechSoup Global among her beloved clients. Follow Lauren on Twitter at @girardinl (http://twitter.com/girardinl).

Lauren's topic:

Don't Panic! How to Embrace Emerging Social Media With Infinite Majesty And Calm

Most nonprofits are familiar with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, but what about fast-growing social media and messaging channels like Snapchat, Whisper, Tinder, and that sparkly new one that launched while you were reading this description? What about the ones you’ve ignored as mostly harmless, such as Pinterest, Instagram, and Reddit? How do you decide if these new (or just new-to-you) channels deserve to be part of your already crowded community engagement efforts? Can ephemeral and anonymous social sharing really play a role in helping nonprofit messages be heard? If your organization doesn't work with youth, are these channels even relevant? Don't panic! You'll learn the questions to ask before you engage on these channels and be inspired by the creative ways that organizations are already bravely experimenting with emerging social media.

See you then and don't forget to RSVP!

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SF Online Community MeetUp is the free monthly gathering of online community managers, enthusiasts, and innovators to meet and discuss tools and strategies for building and managing effective communities.

Here are all the ways you can take part in the event! Feel free to participate in any and all of these ways:

Follow the action on Twitter: hashtag: #octribe (http://search.twitter.com/search?q=octribe).

Watch the event live on Our Ustream Channel (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/san-francisco-online-community-meetup-group)

Join the San Francisco Online Community MeetUp group on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5153873869)

Thanks to our generous sponsor, the Iron Cactus, for providing refreshments.

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Hope to see you there!