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Citywide wi-fi bites the dust | Philadelphia Daily News | 05/14/2008

AFP Blog

Citywide wi-fi bites the dust | Philadelphia Daily News | 05/14/2008: "arthLink, in a federal lawsuit filed yesterday to break that partnership with the city and Wireless Philadelphia, complains that it spent almost $30 million to develop the system and has just 5,942 subscribers. Most customers pay $19.95

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3 Things Every Board Member Should Know About Social Media

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That’s just one of the great pieces of advice we got from this week’s terrific guest blogger Anthony Pisapia of Philadelphia nonprofit Tech Impact. Beth Kanter, the nonprofit social media guru, pointed out in 2008 that social media takes time. Not much has changed since 2008.

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Dreamforce 2008 post-mortem - back to the cheap seats

Judi Sohn

I finally got to meet folks from the Nonprofit Salesforce NPSF Google group that I had gotten to know online, reconnected with friends from the Philadelphia and New York user group communities and with people I met at NTEN’s NTC last year. Even though I didn’t travel with any colleagues, I always felt part of a connected group.

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. in Philadelphia. It is part of an ongoing national effort to bridge the digital divide in the United States. How the Project Got Going.

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How Can Changebloggers Make a Greater Impact Online and Offline?

Have Fun - Do Good

The 2008 DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge for public schools is happening this month. Members of the Changeblogger Network have started meeting face-to-face in New York , Washington, DC and Philadelphia. She read 31 books and raised $1,1136.60.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Today, she's running with them, and others, as part of her ' Back On My Feet ' program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." NICE News: CNN Heroes from Operation NICE • CNN's Top 10 Heroes Of 2008 from The Huffington Post heroes cnn activist nonprofit She and volunteer camera crews have taped roughly 3,000 inmate messages." Her nonprofit St.

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Quick Hits: Funding, Facts, and Futurecasting

Museum 2.0

Great and sometimes surprising statistics on social media use around the world, circa March of 2008. It's part three of an ongoing project, so the authors analyze trends over time as well as providing a snapshot of March 2008. I'll be playing in CA and hosting a game event at ASTC in Philadelphia mid-Oct.

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