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The Interpretive Dance of Social Media Adoption

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In 2007, Michael Wesch , a digital anthropologist, created this striking video called The Machine is Us/ing Us , to explain in five minutes what the Web 2.0 I was delighted to discover the above remix of Wesch's video, "The Machine is Us/ing Us Dance Remix" via Elsua who helped me get to the Cambodian bloggers conference back in 2007.

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Trend Blend 2009: A Map of Time and Tide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson. You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. There's a difference, it's a little broader than social media. Volatility.

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas. Here's a few (good) examples of how I have remixed other people's work or other people have remixed my work. Remix This Powerpoint. The presentation itself is a remix of a remix. to Change The World.

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! . An explosion of EDF bloggers.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

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The Nonprofit Software Development Summit Lots of notes and blog posts over at the 2007 Nonprofit Software Development Summit wiki to read. Here's ten steps towards Association 2.0 , a remix of Marnie Webb's Ten Ways to Use Web 2.0 Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a terrific article from the Nonprofit Communications blog called " 10 Ways Communicators Can Stay Productive" and from the Blog Bash event here's some tips specifically for bloggers on productivity. " And now, you can bookmark Second Life locations (called slurls) into del.icio.us without leaving the virtual world!

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DEIdea Lounge blogger Melanie Coulson offers a roundup of Day 2, including some reflections on David Weinberger's Keynote. NTC 2007 Pipe. Water Words That Work - an excellent nonprofit video blogger. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Google Blog Search.

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