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Twitter Voter Report Wiki

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It’s called Twitter Voter Report and it brings together a team of techies, Twitter users and a Wiki to aggregate information on voting day. From their website: On November 4th 2008, millions of Americans will go to over 200,000 distinct voting locations and using different systems and machinery to vote.

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Social Media and Grantmaking Session at Council on Foundation’s Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Next, colleague, Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation, talked about their how the foundation has embraced social media as a true experiment. This started in 2008, and as Kathy notes, “We didn’t know what we would learn, or how it would change our own work and our work with grantees. This will be very valuable information to the field.

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Things We Like (October 2008)

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Good thing the Twitter Vote Report didn't: tweet your voting experience to help others avoid problems. The We Are Media Wiki. Zombie Harmony : For all your zombie dating needs. Wait, there's an election going on? Don't know how we missed that. Also, you can apparently use your Gmail account with OpenID. Yes, we helped make it.

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Gender, Race and Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The presentation is available on my wiki (it’s at the bottom.) My experience, and the experiences of many women who are involved in open source, make this clear. Lots of people were there (I ran out of handouts – I was surprised to see how many people showed up.)

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Arts Summit 2008: The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations - Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" I have to caution people that when I share the results of my experiments and learnings - that it is a culmination of 6 plus years of daily exploration of Web 2.0. I tell folks that my recent experiences are like playing a Paganini Violin piece. You can find the slides and resources at my Arts and Social Media wiki.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Gnomedex Real Time Fundraising Experiment. Working Wikily: The Secrets of A Wiki Gardener. Prioritizing Your Web Strategy Budget: What Slice of the Pie for Social Media? Social Media In An Economic Downturn. Microblogging in a Museum Context. The What, Why, and How of Facebook Fan Pages. Online Community Engagement Strategies.

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Opportunity to Mentor Nigerian Women - The Networking for Success Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This can be a really rewarding experience. technologies such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and social bookmarking tools. The project, which will last for 3 months, will run from May to July 2008. Over the past three years, I have a couple of opportunities to be a virtual technology mentor to other women in remote parts of the world.