Social media and nonprofits…before

Tonight and tomorrow in Richmond there are two gatherings focusing on social media and nonprofit organizations. 

Social Media Club Richmond is hosting an event tonight featuring Gradon Tripp, the founder of Social Media for Social Change, and organization that channels the use of social media for good causes.  Gradon is now working for Firstgiving, a organization that helps causes raise money online.

Gradon will also keynote a conference tomorrow, “Strategic Leadership and Social Media for Social Good,” hosted by the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond and spearheaded by a bunch of folks (including Ryan Smartt of ConnectRichmond/ConnectNetwork.  The conference is for leaders of regional nonprofit organizations who want to learn more about social media.

There will be other presenters (full disclosure-including me) and panelists including Cynthia Price of ChildFund.  I’m very interested in seeing her case study of that organization’s rebranding and successful Twitter “friendraising” campaign.

While both events are sold out, you can follow the discussion of tomorrow’s discussion on Twitter by following the #SM4SG hashtag.  There will also be a live webcast for those who wish to view online.  I’m sure folks will tweet from #smcrva as well.  There’s also a Facebook group where stuff will be posted as well.

I’ll likely get my thoughts together for a follow post sometime over the weekend.  Enjoy.