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PBS ShowCase Presentation: Social Media Adoption Challenges

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It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. These are conversations that you want to have behind the firewall. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory? of Wired Blog).

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

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It's a place for Scratch users to upload, share, and remix their Scratch projects. Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). You can also remix other projects. For example, check out this discussion about the Monte Carlo method, Pi, and what it means to be forty. ScratchR is really well-designed.

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Museum Photo Policies Should Be as Open as Possible

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Security: Photographers might take photos with intent to do harm; for example, with plans to rob the museum or stalk another visitor. Visitors may make inappropriate gestures in photos with museum content, thus distorting institutional values and intent. I respect the first and second arguments. There are two parts to this.

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How To: Putting Technology to Use (July 2009)

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As Holly said , smart phone usage grew 80% between June 2007 and June 2008. Here's a hypothetical example. Consider this particularly hilarious YouTube remix video. Your guide to the resources that will help you put technology to work for your cause. Market to Mobiles. The monetary figures are even more impressive: $1.9

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Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map

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I've also been looking at examples from the corporate sector like the POST method from Forrester and thinking about adaptions for nonprofit. Josh Bernhoff, Social Technographics 2008 3. When you can show examples, facts with numbers attached, and insights, it can spark a productive conversation. Write down your successes.

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

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These principles will no doubt be copied, refined, remixed, and extended as nonprofits experiment with social media-powered fundraising techniques: Weaving Together Online/Offline Into Real Time Web Fundraising Events. A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day.