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Twitter Voter Report Wiki

See3

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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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content.

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Predictions for 2009

Amy Sample Ward

We have seen plenty of mashups where a website is able to push together a mapping tool, some public data, and user-created content like comments. Tools for individuals are great, but what we’ve seen in 2008 is that the tools that individuals like the most and use the most are the ones that create the most dynamic communities.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. Very cool project from 2008: Twitter Vote Report. Google Maps & MyMaps.

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My Goals For 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also need to streamline the many wiki portfolios and resource collections that I've put together over the years. Mapping Metrics to Social Media Strategy: This wiki will be retooled to go deeper in more specific metrics linked to strategy. Social Media and Nonprofits: ROI Case Study Slam NTC in 2008.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. On the day of the 2008 US elections, the Obama campaign was able to assign trimmed down telecalling lists to volunteers by ticking off the names of the people who had already voted. My Barack Obama leverage some aspects of Collective Intelligence during the 2008 presidential campaign.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Wild Apricot Updates - June 2008. June 2008 (9). May 2008 (9). April 2008 (14). March 2008 (15). February 2008 (15). January 2008 (17). Copyright © 2008. E-mail marketing.