Carie Lewis

“Every time I turn around, Carie Lewis and the fantastic team at HSUS are doing something else creative, fun, and a great example of how to use social media for your cause. … This time, the folks at HSUS have a LOLcatz-style campaign for seals. To raise awareness about baby seals, they are sponsoring a photo caption contest. The judge? Nigel Barker from America’s Next Top Model. … So if you have a funnybone, check out LOLseals and submit your caption today. Over 14,000 others have in the last week!” — March 17, “‘Seal’ing the Deal: HSUS Brings Another Great Campaign” posted by Holly

Is your organization considering setting up a profile on a social-networking site? Are you wondering what tasks are involved, how much time it will take, and how you might streamline your efforts? Maybe your organization has established a presence on MySpace and is now contemplating adding one to Facebook. Perhaps you’re wondering how you can juggle multiple profiles and still have time left to do other work. As more and more organizations jump on the social-networking bandwagon, people are seeking ways to make the time spent on these tools as efficient and fruitful as possible. I recently surveyed several nonprofit professionals and social-networking mavens