K Street Cafe

I’m Maddie Grant, an association/nonprofit industry blogger on social media and online community building. I’m very happy to have been invited to be a regular poster on K Street Cafe.

This is my first post here, so I’m still getting the lay of the land as to what kinds of topics will interest K Street readers. I am an avid blog reader and definitely consider myself a “content curator”; Here’s the kind of stuff I read and write about on my blog.

So I thought I’d do two things. First, I want point you to a few PR/Public Affairs/Advocacy related blog posts I’ve found very interesting recently – and ask you to tell me if these float your boat or not. Check ‘em out.

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Lessons of the Mass. Revolt: Feel the Anger (New York Post)
Read one political strategist’s take on the lessons of Scott Brown’s MA victory.

How To Keep Twitter from Crashing in a Crisis (Dembot)
Sick of seeing the “fail whale”?  Discover the necessary changes entrepreneur Andrew Baron feels need to be done in order to keep Twitter from crashing in a crisis.

California Governor’s Race Shows Limits of Online Campaigning, Strategists Say (The Sacramento Bee)
Have candidates across the country overestimated the power of online campaigning?

5 Social Media Lessons From the Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort
(Mashable)
Discover five valuable lessons learned in social media from Haiti relief efforts.

Obama’s First ‘Tweet’ Makes Presidential History (CNN)
Obama made history yesterday by becoming the first commander-in-chief to “tweet” a message on Twitter.

How to Disappear from Facebook and Twitter (CNN Tech)
Want to commit social suicide online? There’s an app for that.

I recently gave a lecture at American University’s Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute on how to use social media and other online strategies for advocacy. You can watch it here.

Logs Don’t Lie: Which Tech Execs Have the White House’s Ear?
(Ars Technica)
Find out who the White House listens to most when it comes to tech issues.

Is Facebook’s Privacy Philosophy TMI? (SmartBlog)
One blogger weighs in on the changing attitudes toward online privacy.

Microsoft Launches Tech Policy Web Site (FederalComputerWeek)
Microsoft recently launched a Web site to stimulate discussion on key technology policy debates.

Facebook, Twitter Becoming Business Tools, but CIOs Remain Wary (Network World)
Many IT and business executives still remain wary of the risks associated with online services and are skeptical about the benefits.

The Use of the Internet in Advocacy Campaigns (C-SPAN)
Alan Rosenblatt, Associate Director of Online Advocacy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, discusses the many uses of the Internet for advocacy campaigns in his online video.

The Politics of Twittering – in India (The Stump)
One blogger gives his take on the impact of social media in developing democracies around the world.

Can Facebook, Capitol Hill be Friends? Lawmakers Learn Social Networking. (The Washington Post)
Facebook’s social-networking pro, Adam Conner, has been summoned by elected officials and bureaucrats alike to teach them how to leverage Facebook.

News Publishers Start Seeking Money From Twitter Feeds (Advertising Age)
Early exploration for profiting from tweets is emerging among top news sites across the country.

It took a recession, but resumes finally are receiving renewed scrutiny. The ability to embellish and obscure shrinks when one out of every six workers is under or unemployed. More than ever, recruiters want to see accomplishments, not responsibilities; numbers, not adverbs. (more…)