links for 2009-03-12

• backtype.com
  Following the conversations that are happening online
  (tags: socialmedia web2.0 blog twitter socialnetworking community tools follow conversations)
• Chartered Institute of Public Relations – Social media guidelines
  "Social media is an evolving area of PR practice and its profile continues to grow. It is therefore appropriate for the CIPR to update its 2007 guidelines for members and the wider PR community on how social media should be handled."
  (tags: socialmedia web2.0 guidelines strategy cipr)
• NCVO's March 2009 ICT newsletter
  (tags: NCVO newsletter ICT resources)
• Resource Superlist For Twitter Folks
  "Over the past few months, I’ve received hundreds of questions on how to use Twitter. Based on these questions, I’ve assembled a “resource page” for you, which I will updated as needed."
  (tags: socialmedia web2.0 tools twitter resources howto)
• Twitter’s not a site, it’s a protocol
  "Twitter-like micromessaging is a relatively new communications model, with unique characteristics that affect how we use it and what’s appropriate. It’s an RSS feed for people, a way to directing the attention of audiences, and a means of reaching the famous without burdening them with an obligation to respond. In short, Twitter is a human API. It’s being defined in real time in front of our eyes, through an amazing example of Internet Darwinism."
  (tags: socialmedia web2.0 twitter communication insight theory)