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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 Silicon Valley’s newly wealthy philanthropists and community based organizations lack information about one another, don’t use the same language or models, and don’t move in the same circles, leading to an empathy gap.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

In May of 2008 when I joined The Lumpkin Family Foundation I was given the challenge to figure out how to develop a network to support the nonprofit capacity building work of The Foundation in downstate Illinois. Networks are naturally elegant and need to be informal for a while. It totally lived up to and exceeded my expectations.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Coordinate efforts, take joint action, and dis­seminate information about what works. 3, 2008. ** Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements. Deepen agreement on a shared political frame. Engage in advocacy campaigns. Marshall and increase resources and capacity.

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MARCH 21, 2010

Photo Source: Yuba Colleage Public Space Back in September, 2008, after reading this post by Chris Brogan about taking your blog to the next level, I was inspired. I knew that I was outgrowing my information design as well as my blogging platform. This helps you develop a common vocabulary with the designer.

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APRIL 12, 2011

This will be very valuable information to the field. 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. They put information about their program, things they have learned and resources they like out on the wiki.

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APRIL 6, 2008

Does your work and interests include how information and communication technology (ICTs) can be used to promote social change? The project is aimed at demonstrating and guiding women to work more efficiently using tools that support more collaborative information building and sharing techniques. Take this three question quick quiz: 1.

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JULY 2, 2012

I met Rufina in 2008 in Australia when I keynoted the Connecting Up Conference and taught social media workshops for NGOs. I was invited to teach an informal social media workshop for the staff, including the IT staff for the Sujaya school, Vijayanand Rao, who is a fellow from TeachforIndia.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Last August, 2008, 250 wired geeks at Gnomdex used Twitter to raise college tuition for a young Cambodian woman in 90 minutes ! Lots of great information being shared there already so check it out and contribute to the nonprofits and Twitter section or nominate a charity - or go give the Sharing Foundation a thumbs up!

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MARCH 26, 2008

and author of "How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk to Customers" The Webcast airs April 3rd, 2008 at 10am PST. Click here for more information. Get valuable insights and practical game plans from the thought leaders in Web 2.0

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JULY 4, 2010

Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest in 2008. Doesn’t listening require plowing through mountains and mountains of unstructured information? They also need to get past the concern about information overload and too much unstructured information. Let me explain.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

But, maybe you've done some of that thinking and implemented a few focused social media experiments in 2008 and have gleaned some insights. Understand how information overload might be effecting you and take a break to assess and rethink. Be a digital curator with your electronic information, not a packrat. Good for you!

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008. The most successful documentaries are having a significant impact on major debates and public policies, from environmental concerns to financial regulations.

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JUNE 10, 2008

I heard about this from FriendFeed because Jonathan Colman shared this link and the resulting conversation prompted Jonathan to send me some additional information. The most recent donation was made May 1, 2008 to the Adopt An Acre. It peaked my interest as part of my continued coverage of Facebook Apps for Good.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Since this is only a sneak peak at the executive summary and charts, it will be interesting to read the forthcoming papers to be published in 2008. re lurking and reading, join MY network by subscribing for free to receive this information rapidly in an easy-to-consume and share format. tools to pay attention to. And if you???re

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

I also remember when Peter Deitz launched the community discussion about his idea for Social Actions API back in January, 2008- he titled it " Help Me Clone Beth Kanter " as part of helping me with a Cambodian campaign was I working on at the time. Over the past year he has moved his idea forward in a powerful reality. or $200.09.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

I was also reminded by one very smart colleague that the Twitter audience card had out-of-date information. It was from April, 2008! Using it an internal training, it is important to have someone with hands-on experience in each group and this spreads the organizational learning. . At that time, the audience skewed younger.

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MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. Changed is sparked by feeling, not information. Our first instinct is to give people information. The Friday plenary session at the NTC featured Dan Heath, Co-Author of Flip the Switch, and was all about organizational change. Motivate the Elephant (comes from feeling).

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MAY 20, 2013

Stephen Blyth, a nonprofit capacity builder who I met when I keynoted Connecting Up in 2008, hosted my trip to NZ and arranged for this workshop to take place on Makaurau Marae which is the land of Maori. The workshop started with a welcoming ceremony. We sat in the hall – two rows – the guests and the Maori.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

In 2008, I was honored to be on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. In 2008, I designed the Nonprofit and Social Media ROI Poetry Slam and last year was a panel on crowdsourcing that modeled crowdsourcing in the design and delivery. And how will this impact the way we build relationships and find information?

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JULY 28, 2009

The concern about information overload and too much unstructured information. Getting Started: You Don't Have To Be Joey Chestnut The photo above is Joey Chestnut who won the Nathan's hot dog eating contest in 2008. Doesn't listening require plowing through mountains and mountains of unstructured information?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

That post was one of my top ten posts for 2008 ! Provide helpful information : If the blogger is going to write up a post, make sure you have a good "blogger" mini site or easily content. I can't tell you the many times I've been pitched with an attached press release without good pointers to online information.

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

The one I stumbled upon is called " Social Media Starter Pack " I love his categories for organizing the information. I'm seriously inspired by Chris's idea and would like to start something like this in 2008, hmm. He begins with listening and offers these excellent small steps: What should you listen to? t overdo it, kids.).

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

,” complaints of hijacked accounts increased by one-third from 2007 to 2008. Organized crime, Mr. Carlin, says is selling our information and making some very serious money. Same with social networking, you should expect that your private information may end up somewhere you didn’t intend. And for good reason.

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MARCH 19, 2011

This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever. Change is sparked by feeling, not information. Our first instinct is to give people information. The Friday plenary session at the NTC featured Dan Heath, Co-Author of Flip the Switch, and was all about organizational change. Also new this year is the online NTC.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

How to understand the listening data - what is the strategic process for the way the information comes into the organization and how the information is actionable?   More focus on the best practices of how to collect the information and applying it to decision-making.    In 2008, it became important. 

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS.

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MAY 11, 2009

I have used social media to help raise the money for her tuition through the Sharing Foundation in 2007 and 2008. If you feel so inclined and if you know someone in Portland, Oregan who needs affordable co-working space, please share this information with them. What could be better than that?

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Information. More >> Places. More >> Types. Organization. More >> Year. More >> Tony started with a short list of nptech bloggers and a very beta design. So, what do you think?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2008

At a massive ceremony that took place on 22 January 2008, the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport presented its new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Textbook for all schools that have computers, all universities and all teacher training facilities.

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MARCH 13, 2008

Jay Dedman is going to lead a video blogging workshop in New Orleans as part of the line up for the NTEN's NTC Day of Service 2008. For more information about the Hands On Videoblogging Workshop, please phone the Community Center of St Bernard at 504-281-2512 or visit www.ccstb.org. Reservations should include the participant???s

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MARCH 21, 2010

In 2008, I had my first opportunity to speak on a panel at SXSW called " Pimp My Nonprofit " with Ed Schipul as the moderator. I came across very few and was slightly discouraged that the groups that mattered most weren't tapping into the valuable information generated by the conference.

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OCTOBER 27, 2007

Here's the information he sent me last week: I'm forwarding an excerpt from a survey form one of my clients, Prospero Technologies ( www.prospero.com ), a provider of social media platforms for major brands (I mentioned them in a comment on your blog recently). 35 percent reported positive ROI and 41 percent said that ROI was ???unknown.???

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

We met face-t0-face at a social media event in 2008, but that was the only time I had interacted her face-to-face. Claire Murray and Kathleen Sherwin are other nonprofit technology colleagues who I first met face-to-face and have also kept up with through social media and who attended the book event.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

from December, 2008 wondering how the backend might change. This one point caught my eye: RSS subscriber metrics : For some sites, this information is very useful. He goes on to critique problems with the quality of Feedburner's functionality.

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JANUARY 27, 2008

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. This spring, Video Party , in association with Art Matters 2008 and Apathy Is Boring , will be presenting a selection of films about creating a world that we want to live in. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Wonder if smashups are eligible?)

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AUGUST 17, 2009

In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. This will be a conversation that explores the changing media landscape and how the web can rise to the challenge of supporting our communities and their information needs. The nonprofit presence at SXSW has been growing steadily over the past couple of years.

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JANUARY 1, 2009

I need get rid of clutter, but I first need to do the redesign thinking process before getting into the details of the information design, look, and feel. And, I also need to make my information tracking a bit more systematic. I will look at how qualitative information fits into the mix as well as exploring the value of intangibles.

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