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The Revolution is Twitterfied

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In 2008 TwitterVoteReport attempted to provide real-time election monitoring as US citizens posted voting experiences to their Twitter feeds. Concurrently the Obama campaign leveraged every social media tool in the book to engage US citizens, empower them with ways they could help, and ultimately contributed to winning the next presidency.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. It was organized by Ed Schipul. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Now hear from the "real housewives of social media" who are driving successful online campaigns, as well as others who are helping lead the social media revolution. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism.

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

NTEN

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. There's quite a buzz right now about whether or not " Slacktivism " doing activism online, all the time - can effect change. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. It was organized by Ed Schipul.

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Crowdsourcing Skills for Human Rights via Movements.org

Tech Soup

As The Daily Beast senior correspondent for national security and politics Josh Rogin put it : Movements.org "seeks to put activists in closed societies in touch with skilled people in the free world who can help them. The original version of Movements.org was founded in 2008 by then-U.S. It's crowdsourcing for human rights."

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