Knight Digital Media Center presented a unique half-day pre-workshop at the Knight Media Learning Seminar. The sessions explored how community foundation leaders can use social media to elevate their thought leadership.

Among the presenters:

• Beth Kanter, a nationally recognized expert in social media strategy for nonprofit organizations and an author of The Networked Nonprofit and Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.
  
• Amy Gahran, a media consultant and mobile specialist who covers mobile technology for cnn.com and entrepreneur.com.
  
• Stephanie Rudat, a digital marketing consultant who works with nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations.

Topics on:

• Major social networks and how they and their users differ
  
• Best practices for using social media
• Thought leadership on social media