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Nov 03, 2010

Social Media: The Medium is Still the Message

Posted By: Kelly Morris

by Michelle Regel, CFRE, Senior Associate

Scott Stratten, author of UnMarketing, makes Twitter and Facebook seem a little less daunting and a lot more user-friendly by providing this basic premise:  Start using social media as the powerful, emotive tool that it is to engage your stakeholders in authentic conversations and STOP expecting it to function solely as a virtual ATM for gift deposits. That was the key message I took away from Scott’s AFP Calgary & Area Chapter presentation last week on social media.

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