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links for 2009-05-31

• Engagement planning worksheets to engage your users and move them to action | Social Signal
  Couple of great tools from the super-smart folks over at Social Signal.
  (tags: marketing strategy engagement socialmedia onedegree)
• 17 Places to Find PodSafe Music « The BlogTalkRadio Blog
  Great list of places to find podsafe and royalty-free music.
  (tags: content music podcasting podsafe)

links for 2009-05-28

• Concept Maps
  Discovered via @chelpixie on Twitter. Amazing visualizations of concepts like "play" and "innovation" as well as processes like "heart attack" and "how to play baseball". Cool.
  (tags: visualization design inspiration infographics ia conceptmapping)

links for 2009-05-27

• Smart Girls At The Party | ON Networks
  Just discovered this super-cute web series by Amy Poehler, Meredith Walker and Amy Miles. They talk to young girls and celebrate their accomplishments. Awesome! Though sadly the iTunes subscription isn't available in Canada (though you can still watch on the site).
  (tags: Women feminism video girls media inspiration)

links for 2009-05-25

• Digital Socialism - Kevin Kelly
  Excerpt from an essay by Kevin Kelly in the upcoming Wired, called the New Socialism, that describes an emerging embrace of socialism-lite or digital socialism in the online realm.
  (tags: marketplace digitallife socialism theory freemium)

links for 2009-05-18

• blip.tv Learning Center
  Really exceptional guide to conceptualizing, creating and promoting video - particularly video series.
  (tags: Learning resources tutorial video howto)

links for 2009-05-15

• Olympic blogs get go-ahead for Vancouver >> Sports Journalists’ Association newsblog
  Yay, they're allowing athletes to blog - but the restrictions still seem pretty onerous. When you look at this in the larger context of the shift that is happening from a few people having a global publishing platform to EVERYONE having a global publishing platform, it is painfully obvious that our ideas about "ownership" need to change. No pictures of medal ceremonies? C'mon - if I'm an athlete, a medal winner and I have a blog, I would really want my mom to snap a picture of me getting my medal and then publish it.
  (tags: athlete blog Olympics bloggingguidelines vancouver2010)
• Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: So you want a Facebook Fan Page for Your Nonprofit? Here's the Scoop!
  Are you a non-profit? Heck, even if you're not - FANTASTIC article from Beth Kanter on getting ramped up on Facebook Fan Pages. Great links, great tips!
  (tags: facebook nonprofit socialmedia howto tips)

links for 2009-05-13

• How to Reduce and Simplify Bullet Points in PowerPoint | PowerPoint Ninja
  One of the best, most succinct and ACTIONABLE posts on fixing your powerpoint slides. Clear and helpful. Read this. Now!
  (tags: powerpoint howto)

links for 2009-05-11

• TweepSearch :: Twitter Profile and Bio Search
  Search Twitter profiles and bios.
  (tags: twitter search tools)
• Twitter Icons and Images Galore - ChurchCrunch
  Large collection of Twitter images for your blog.
  (tags: twitter icons design graphics)

links for 2009-05-04

• Yard Sale for the Cure - Homepage
  On Saturday, May 30, 2009, Canadians will have an opportunity to purge their clutter, empty their garages, attics and basements and help raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. Now in its 5th year, Yard Sale for the Cure (yardsaleforthecure.com) is a national fund-raising event that was founded by Rachael Smith and inspired by her desire to give back to those who helped her win her battle against breast cancer. What began in 2005 as a small community event has now grown into a collective fund-raising effort that to date has raised over $450,000.
  (tags: breastcancer canada fundraising yardsaleforthecure)