It’s that time of week — I’ve been scouring the leading social media, association and nonprofit blogs and now I’m sharing the goods with you. If you subscribe to or read any of these great blogs, you may have read them already, but I’m picking out the key points and takeaways from each post. Read on!

Getting Your Colleagues in the Game by Amber Naslund at Altitude Branding. Amber implores people to sit down with their colleagues to discuss how to use social media. It should be in the short- and long-term plans for basically all companies or organizations, so members should be educated. Also, everyone will have different ideas to how to best portray the organization. Take everyone’s thoughts into account — and don’t ever expect a social media plan to be perfect.

The 4C’s Social Media Framework, a guest post on Beth’s Blog. Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence — all aspects of a nonprofit’s presence online. Guarav Mishra outlined four great underlying themes to social media and how nonprofits can use each one.

Are online communities a threat to associations? by Deirdre Reid. “We get news, education and access to experts online. We develop and deepen relationships with peers via online communities. Some question the value of their association membership as they now receive more of these critical benefits freely online than from associations. Are our members experiencing the same?”

God Bless Our Competition by Kevin Holland. If you think your association doesn’t have any competition, you’re probably wrong. You have to know what the competition is doing — and your association has to want to do it better itself. Your competition might not be obvious or traditional, but it’s there.

Buzz Collaboration Format by Robert Stanwick. During this week’s #assnchat on Twitter (a tweet chat for association leaders), the topic of meeting formats came up. Robert mentioned the buzz format, which several people found intriguing. Here, he outlines the buzz meeting format and how it allows for being social, networking and receiving information.

Hyper-connected or disconnected? by Sonny Gill on Danny Brown‘s blog. Analyzes the evolution of media and if we’re too connected to our smartphones and laptops. Do we spend enough time offline engaging in real life? Some industries require hyperconnectivity, but is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Forrester says advertising is changing forever. What are associations doing to keep up? by Maggie McGary. Maggie’s the social media and community specialist at an association and writes candidly about how associations have to adapt to the changing face of advertising. Job boards and print ads just aren’t enough anymore.

Any more cool links from this week? Let me know!