Harnessing the Power of Social Media at Digital Capital Week- Interview with Gary Bivings
On July 13th, Gary Bivings, the President and founder of Bivings Group, appeared live on WS Radio with host Karen Jagoda of the E Voter Institute. This was Gary’s second turn as contributing editor on the Digital Politics radio show, and he discussed our firm’s engagement with social media and participation in DC Digital Capital...
DC Week: Social Media ROI, OMG, WTF
Wednesday at DC Week featured three related, but distinct interpretations of measuring ROI when it comes to Social Media. First up was “Social Media ROI” as presented by Carie Lewis from the Humane Society, Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation and moderated by Allyson Kapin of the Rad Campaign.
As Carrie put it in...
“A Slice of Digital Capital Week 2010”
This is an excellent, perhaps even epic video recap of the action at Social Media and Gov 2.0 Day at Digital Capital Week. Featuring appearances by your truly as well as fellow Bivings Group staffer Eric Lewis who also graces the thumbnail bellow. Thanks to Corrie Davidson from Captico for including us as well as...
DC Week: Non-Profits and Social Media Panel
With one of the only standing-room only attendance levels of the day, the "Is There Really An App For That? Non-Profits and Social Media" panel was highly anticipated to be one of the most informative and interesting discussions of the Advocacy 2.0 day. Moderator Brian Reich assured the crowd that they were in for an...
DC Week: Mobile Fundraising Panel
When it comes to non-profits and social media, the final question always remains: how can I use these applications and platforms to actually increase donations? How can I use these to make money? The answer, many have said lately, is to turn to mobile fundraising. DC Week 2010 covered this topic with a "Mobile Fundraising...
DC Week: Grassroots Communication panel
The Advocacy 2.0 day of Digital Capital Week started with a fascinating panel on how technology is impacting grassroots communications. The conversation centered around the use of social media and internet technology for political campaigns and non-profit organizations.
Mediator Brandon Macsata started the discussion with a key issue, stating "One of the biggest mistakes non-profits...
DC Week: The Future of Media Panel
Fittingly, Digital Capital week finished out it’s “Media 2.0″ day with a look into the not-so-distant future. “The Future of Media”, a panel with representatives from CNN , AOL , the Washington Post and Washington Life Magazine, seemingly taken from the core of old guard media, made attendees curious to see what exactly the...
DC Week: Jeff Pulver Launches ‘JustCoz’ Twitter Donation Platform
One of the most anticipated talks of Media 2.0 day was ‘The State of Now” with self-described ‘technology anthropologist” and entrepreneur Jeff Pulver. He certainly did not let the crowd down, with Tweets coming into Twitterslurp saying “Awesome session with Jeff Pulver about the real time internet. Listen. Connect. Share. Engage (@mizdiva)” and “We can...
