Something I take from this thread is that blogs often host good discussions. A blog might be a good anchor for an organization's foray into social media. I don't necessarily mean an "official" blog for the organization, perhaps a dedicated organization member doing a personal blog.

Beth Kanter posted about Jerimiah Owyang's piece about developing a strategy before constructing a Facebook Fan Page. Owyang's post is worth reading, and Beth Kanter's blog is really essential reading when it comes to organizations using social media.

Rather off the wall, but with all the talk about Facebook, I've recently begun to appreciate MySpace more. Many smaller organizations jumped on the social network bandwagon with MySpace. I do find it a handy way to keep up to date with activities in various groups.

I would probably say I'm not the MySpace demographic, but I'm sure I'm not the only geezer who keeps up with various organizations via MySpace. There is content there too that simply isn't elsewhere, especially when it comes to writing and music from Africa.