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Top Three Ways to Conquer Blogger's Block
By: Maya Lunnemann
08/31/2010 - Not long ago, I read this fascinating story. I even had a great blog post drafted in my head about agritourism and ag marketing. And then I started typing. I wrote 90% of the post, re-read my post and then scrapped it. And this isn't…
Make Sure There Isn’t a Fire Drill – and Other Webinar Best Practices
By: Beth Minnigerode
08/31/2010 - We've been conducting several webinars this year to teach health care nonprofits how they can use social media to further their missions. We learn something new with each webinar, so I wanted to share a few of our best practice tips to help you execute…
Give, Bid, Win: Top Five Reasons to Support United Way's Online Auction
By: Dana Purkey
08/30/2010 - It's that time of year again for the United Way of Greater St. Louis' online auction, and Standing Partnership is proud to help support the effort and raise money for our community. Want a VIP trip for four to Super Bowl XLV? What about a…
Standing Partnership's must-read links of the week
By: Ashlyn Brewer
08/27/2010 - 1. Partnership for Prevention blogs about the best and worst ideas in prevention. Find out if hands-free headsets for drivers were named the “best” or “worst.” 2. This article about Facebook and teachers is a great case-and-point of rule #1 of the Internet: nothing…
A Collision of Internal and Public Relations at Zappos.com
By: Amber Morris
08/27/2010 - I love shoes and I love Zappos.com's incredible customer service so I follow them on Facebook. Yesterday morning, I was surprised to see a post inviting me and their 61,000+ other fans to their "All Hands" employee staff meeting ... Zappos.com Wanna get in one…
Internet Medicine: How Broadband Can Provide Health Care to Rural America
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/25/2010 - My son has a new job working for Ronald McDonald House Charities. His stories about the organization have reminded me how lucky we are to live in a community with numerous doctors and great hospitals with all the capabilities we could ever need, all just…
Live, From St. Louis…It’s Marijean Jaggers
By: Jessi Goodhart
08/24/2010 - Twitter is a powerful tool. Case in point: Standing Partnership's Marijean Jaggers. In my short time at Standing, I have learned that Marijean is the go-to person for all my social media fears questions. She not only encourages us with our social media endeavors, she…
The Push is On!
By: Chrissy Hugyez
08/23/2010 - It's that time of year again--for kids to head back to school with stylish clothes and new school supplies. Unfortunately, more than 90,000 St. Louis-area students start the new school year without the needed school supplies, something that is hard for most of us to…
What We're Reading: Aug. 16-20, 2010
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/20/2010 - Standing Partnership's picks of must-read links for the week Speaking can be a lucrative path to new business -- at Standing Partnership we know this, and get out and speak to groups pretty often. (via Joe Stirt) Spin Sucks features a great Facebook case…
Social Networking for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community: Dot429
By: Marijean Jaggers
08/19/2010 - Dot429 launched last month as a professional network designed to connect members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and their allies. Business Week has called it "a kind of LinkedIn for LGBT entrepreneurs." This is the first professional network to use sexual identity…
