Amy Sample Ward of NetSquared.org, Laura Quinn of Idealware.org, Natalie Foster of the Democratic National Committee, and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth Outreach conducted the Tools Galore session for the May 12, 2009, Women Who Tech Telesummit.
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9. www.WomenWhoTech.com Email is a Critical Channel Reach out to your constituents to let them know what you’re doing Or ask them to take action
10. www.WomenWhoTech.com But the Details are Critical Who is the email from? Is the graphic design clean? Does it depend on images? Are there spam-like words in the text? Are any calls to action clear? Does it seem like they know who I am? Is there an unsubscribe link and physical address? What’s the subject line?
15. www.WomenWhoTech.com Social Networking & Twitter Facebook General Growth: -More than 200 million active users -The fastest growing demographic is those 35 years old and older -More than 3.5 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide) -More than 20 million users update their statuses at least once each day -More than 4 million users become fans of Pages each day
16. www.WomenWhoTech.com Social Networking & Twitter Twitter numbers: -An estimated 5,000 to 10,000 new accounts are registered each day. -Only 5 percent of all Twitter users have more than 250 followers. -Only 0.8 percent have more than 1,000
17. www.WomenWhoTech.com Social Networking & Twitter Helpful resources on Twitter: -Pew Internet report: www.pewinternet.org - O'Reilly New Radar Report: Twitter and the Micro Messaging Revolution. http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/11/new-radar-report-twitter-and-t.html -Deanna Zandt wrote this great beginner’s guide: http://www.deannazandt.com/2009/02/26/a-non-fanatical-beginners-guide-to-twitter/ -Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report http://www.twittervotereport.com
18. www.WomenWhoTech.com Google’s Geo Tools Google Earth Google Maps & MyMaps Google Earth API (Plug-in) Google Maps API Google Sketchup
19. www.WomenWhoTech.com Galvanizing Community Action Neighbors Against Irresponsible Logging (NAIL) Hard-to-understand public notice of redwood logging plan Plan remapped in Google Earth Impact: Stopped the plan
30. www.WomenWhoTech.com Moderator Questions: What do you think about the idea of organizations only using social media tools as an online presence instead of a traditional website?