I’m excited about all the social media content coming up soon at the National Conference on Volunteering & Service!

I’ve already revealed how I attained Service Nerd Nirvana through the development of the Service Nerd Fantasy Panel Discussion, but wait… there’s more!

Social Media 4 Social Good: A Social Media Fair
Tuesday June 29th at 8:30 – 10:00 AM
Hilton New York Mercury Rotunda

Join this session for an opportunity to learn more about a myriad of social media topics by joining one of many small group discussions led by a fabulous host!

Discussions

Setting Social Media Policy & Strategy
, New York Cares
Deciding how your organization should use social media.  Learn how to tie social media tools to real organizational goals and objectives and how to release control to staff, volunteers and supporters.

Online Listening
Zack Brown, HandsOn Network
How to find out what the online community is saying about your organization & your issue – Using & Google Alerts and other tools to monitor the online conversation.

Engaging in the Conversation
, ETR Associates
Once  you’re actively listening to the online conversation about your issue and your organization, how do you know when and how to join the conversation?  What are the rules of social media etiquette?  Learn how to join in without making basic gaffs that make you look like a newbie.

Measuring Return on Investment for Social Media
Ken Cho, Spredfast
Jessica Kirkwood, HandsOn Network
How to track and measure the impact of social media efforts.

Twitter 101
Melissa Leibe, Volunteer Center of Bergen County
Getting Started – How to set up an account, how to use tools like Hootsuite, TweetDeck, , who to follow and how to use Lists (your own and those created by others).

Twitter 201
, Chicago Cares
Maximizing your account.

Facebook Fan Pages 101
Samantha Garrett & Lisa Gregory, New York Cares
The basic steps to starting a Fan Page.

Facebook 201
Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom, Volunteer Arlington
Making the most of your Facebook fan base and fan community.

Blogging
, Volunteer Maryland
Getting started, finding your voice, storytelling and community building.

Making the most of You Tube & Flickr
John Afryl, Hands On Greater Portland
How to make the best use of a Channel and a Group

Using Social Media for Events
Katie Stearns, Chicago Cares
Best practices for integrating social media into events

Time Management & Social Media
Whitney Soenksen, AmeriCorps Alums
How to survive the tidal wave of tweets, blog posts, wall posts, etc.

Leveraging Social Media for Disaster Response
Brian Williams, Hands On Nashville
Learn how social media helped HandsOn Nashville mobilize the city’s residents in an amazing volunteer flood relief effort.

New Ways to Tell Your Story
, Cause Global
Ms. Stepanek teaches a course on storytelling for nonprofits as well as a segment on “cause video” at NYU.  She also specializes in basic mobile social media-and-fundraising.

Make sure you’re registered for this amazing session!   The ID # for this session is 1293.