One of my favorite evangelists in the Social Media space is Jeff Hurt (@JeffHurt on Twitter) the Director of Education and Events for the National Association of Dental Plans (NADP)– a small nonprofit headquartered in Dallas, TX.
You wouldn’t think of dental work and social media, but he’s done great work in getting a pretty stodgy group to use some really neat tools — and I ran across a great interview where he actually listed off all the tools that he and his staff use on a daily basis:
What social media sites/tools are you using?
- Animoto Videos (free or low-cost video creation)
- Blogtalkradio (interview members, speakers, board candidates, etc.)
- EventCenter & EventPartner Webinar Platforms (which include webinar microsite, registration process, podcast recording features, text chatting)
- Hootsuite (to schedule our daily tweets)
- iCohere eCommunity (velvet rope eCommunity for members only)
- Facebook Fan Page (for conferences and events)
- Google Alerts & Twitter Search (for NADP as well as specific industry key words)
- LinkedIn Group
- Ning groups (for our own professional learning)
- Social Collective Conference eCommunity (which also includes event registration, marketing and crowdsourcing features.)
- Tinychat – to engage in conversations with general public about dental benefits
- Tweetdeck (to monitor chatter on specific association keywords as well as government initiatives)
- Vovici for our research and surveys
- Wiffiti.com
- WordPress Blogs (conference blog, public outreach blog, advocacy issues regarding healthcare reform)
- YouTube