Copyright and trademark infringement. Tip: understand the fair use doctrine. Trap: expecting attribution to offer protection against charges of infringement. Fundraising and foreign state registration requirements. Tip: check out The Unified Registration Statement. Trap: disregarding registration laws and their application to funds raised through social media (see the Charleston Principles). Events...
SOCIAL MEDIA
Nonprofit Radio for July 13, 2012: The 100th Show! It’s All Social Media
Tony Martignetti Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio is celebrating its 100th show this Friday! Tony's guest is Amy Sample Ward, a social scientist dedicated to supporting and educating organizations and changemakers in the use of evolving technologies that cultivate and engage communities. Check out her blog here. Regulars Maria Semple and Scott...
Can Nonprofits Terminate Employees for Their Social Media Posts?
Emily's article, "I Thought We Were Friends!" Can Nonprofits Terminate Employees for Their Social Media Posts? was published in the current issue of The Nonprofit Quarterly. Here are some excerpts: Terminations due to actions on social media sites, commonly referred to as “Facebook firings,” have been gaining widespread attention over...
5 Social Media Myths
Last year, a study conducted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research (“US Charities’ Adoption of Social Media Study,” August 2010) reported that the largest nonprofits are outpacing for-profit companies and academia when it comes to social media use. Among its findings (based on the 200...
Social Media Policy Resources for Nonprofits
When Facebook was down last week due to technical problems, numerous news stories such as “FACEBOOK IS DOWN: Can Life Go On?” in the SF Gate and “Facebook Down, Like Buttons Vanish, Internet Implodes” in TechCrunch sprouted almost instantaneously all over the internet. Comedic as they were, they also...