C.Fox Communications, a small, woman-owned strategic communications agency, is accepting applications for its third annual inspired thought Award. The it Award is worth up to $30,000 of pro bono public relations services, which can include strategy, writing/messaging, media relations, branding and social media.

All US-based nonprofit organizations of 10 employees or more are eligible to apply. To win the award, an organization must demonstrate a mission-driven nature to its work and a particular need for PR services.

Application deadline is February 29, 2012 and there is no fee to apply. Here are the Application and guidelines.

Good luck!

I watched an Altimeter webinar the other day that I thought was worth sharing from a “the state of corporate social media” perspective. Here’s Jeremiah Owyang’s post with more details.  As always, there’s lots of data, but much more importantly, this video/slide deck includes several case studies showing how companies are handling social media management at scale.  This also includes some discussion of social media management systems.  The video is about an hour long – go grab some lunch and watch it with your colleagues.  It’s good.

Altimeter Webinar: A Strategy for Managing Social Media Proliferation, with Jeremiah Owyang from Altimeter Group on Vimeo.

Here are the accompanying slides.

This post includes a video and a slide deck. If you are reading this in a reader and can’t see them, click through to the post. They are worth a look.

Listen to this 12-minute interview of Richard Davis, CEO of Avectra, talking to Wes Trochlil, data management consultant extraordinaire. I’m fascinated by Richard’s take on the association industry’s use of technology and social media, as he’s only recently (within a couple of years) come from the corporate world. (Fun fact: in a former life, Richard was once a roadie for The Who.) In this interview, he gives us his take on the state of association technology from his unique perspective (not specifically related to rock n’ roll, just to be clear.)

Listen to the interview here. This originally appeared on Effective Database Management.

In case you missed them, or want them all in one handy link, here is a nice roundup for you of our Social CRM Use Case series, which was originally created for the Avectra blog.

• ROI and Social CRM Use Case 1: Using LinkedIn for Member Recruitment

• Social CRM Use Case 2: Socializing educational content for member retention

• Social CRM Use Case 3: Optimize and socialize your member services

• Social CRM Use Case 4: Conference social media campaigns to increase outreach and lead generation

• Social CRM Use Case 5: Connecting the dots between purchases and social capital for member recruitment

• Social CRM Use Case 6: Better retention rates through social profile mapping

• Social CRM Use Case 7: Monitoring social conversations for actionable improvements to member services

• Social CRM Use Case 8: Leveraging Blogger Influence for Outreach

And why is this important, you ask? Why, because it’s the key to social media ROI, of course

You can submit your videos from February 1st until February 29th.  Start thinking about which creative, compelling and interesting video your nonprofit wants to submit, and begin rallying your supporters to vote in March.  Good luck!

Came across this infographic via a Mashable post.  I think it should have had more info about mobile web access, but interesting nonetheless.  See more source data in the Digital Divide section of the Pew Internet Research site.

Learn more here – http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/nonprofits/

The first ever completely virtual interview from the White House (see the WH blog for more info).

An aside: if this doesn’t prove the importance of online, participatory learning, nothing will

Loving this quick slide deck showing some stats of the most popular presentations on Slideshare this year. Looks like slides are definitely moving away from Powerpoint Hell… yay!

We don’t normally post press releases here, but this grant opportunity sounds amazing.  Please share with your networks!

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For immediate release
January 31, 2012
For more information:
Nadine Hoffman
(202) 496-1992
newmediagrants[at]iwmf.org

The International Women’s Media Foundation Seeks Applications for the 2012 Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier Grant Program

WASHINGTON – The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) will award three $20,000 grants to entrepreneurial women journalists proposing to use digital media in new ways to deliver the news.

The Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier grant program, first offered in 2011, is diversifying the digital news media landscape by expanding the voice and role of women entrepreneurs.  In addition to seed funding, grantees will receive pro-bono coaching, and will participate in a monthly call series featuring leading entrepreneurs and digital news media experts.

Applicants can be full-time, part-time or freelance women news media professionals based in the U.S. 

A successful applicant will pitch an innovative digital news media enterprise with a well conceived plan for sustainability after initial funding has ended.  She will clearly demonstrate how her proposed enterprise advances women in the field of news media.  She will outline tangible benchmarks for her success as a digital news media entrepreneur.

Funding is available for start-ups only.  Personal blogs and documentary projects will not be considered.

Applications will be accepted until Friday, March 2, 2012. Late applications will not be considered.  Winners will be announced in April 2012.

2012 grantees will be selected by an advisory committee comprised of IWMF Board Members, digital news media experts and entrepreneurs.

Read about the IWMF’s 2011 Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier grant winners here.

View the application FAQ and apply here.

The Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier grant program is made possible with generous support from the Ford Foundation.

Founded in 1990, the International Women’s Media Foundation works to strengthen the role of women in the news media worldwide. The IWMF network includes women and men in the media in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.iwmf.org.