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Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the future of the LGBT movement

Started by Shana A, February 19, 2009, 09:45:38 PM

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Shana A

February 19, 2009, 09:45:38 PM
Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the future of the LGBT movement
Filed by: Jerame Davis
February 18, 2009 6:30 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/02/twitter_facebook_blogs_and_the_future_of.php

In a recent interview, Bil Browning and Justin Cole have a discussion about blogs and social media that I think is really important for the future of the LGBT movement. One of the points they touch on is how too few LGBT organizations have figured out how to properly leverage the power of blogs. (Part 2 of the interview is the blog conversation)

And now, with the boom in popularity of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, many organizations are far behind the curve in understanding the power at their fingertips. What's worse is how few organizations have a coherent online strategy that incorporates these wildly popular sites.

Need more proof these tools work? How about the recent election of Nick Shalosky to the Charleston, SC school board as a write-in candidate? He organized his campaign almost exclusively through Facebook.
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