Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from a story about using microblogging for news.
This story should remind you how you can quickly share news and information to your constituency using a microblogging tool such as Twitter.
Here is another story from the Chronicle of Philanthropy that describes how charities have used services such as Twitter to connect with their constituents.
Here are microblogging tools that you may find useful to you. These tools can allow you to give short sentences of information, collaborative ideas, or even allow you to share your mood with friends:
- Tumblr
- Jaiku
- MySay
- Hictu
- MoodMill
- IRateMyday
- Prologue
- Yammer
- SocialCast
- Laconica
- Status
- Trillr
- Ididwork
- OraTweet
- JointContact
- Presently
- Mixin
- HeadMix
This list is not exhaustive. If you have found other microblogging-type tools, please share them in the comments section.
