Knight Digital Media Center presented a unique workshop for foundation leaders at Philanthropy Southwest in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on October 22, 2015. Participants learned about the latest trends in digital and social media engagement.

Among the Presenters:

• Lee Rainie is the director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit, non–partisan “fact tank” that studies the social impact of the Internet.

• 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 is a media consultant and mobile specialist who covers mobile technology for cnn.com and entrepreneur.com.

• Stephanie Rudat organizes summits, delivers trainings and interactive talks, and consults social enterprises and nonprofits on digital marketing and infrastructure development.

Topics:

• Emerging trends in digital usage and engagement
• The importance of mobile platforms
• Using social media to connect