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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have been near Camden, Maine for the past few days at the PopTech 2009 Fellows Program as part of the PopTech 2009 conference ( streaming live ), which starts on Wednesday. PopTech Slides View more presentations from kanter. PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. Social Media Strategy As Design Process.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

CASE launched the ESI Award in 2009, and Benetech is proud to join the company of past award recipients. Second year MBA student and CASE Fellow Joanne Sprague wrote a thoughtful blog to reflect on my visit with CASE, where you can also watch the full video of my ESI lecture.

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Mobile Innovations for Social Good

NTEN

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. What’s Next?

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So for this post, I'd like to share 5 fundraising trends that we saw emerging in 2009 related to fundraising and social media and that will most definitely continue to have impact in 2010. In May, 2009, Peter Dietz, founder of Social Actions , reflected on the future of online fundraising and wrote about a shift in donor expectations.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Do you feel the force.

ASU Lodestar Center

The report was completed and published in November of 2009, and you can click here to download a copy. The first trend, "Demographic Shifts Redefine Participation," reflects how generational and demographic shifts will be seismic, much like the broad sweeps of two momentous tsunamis. The second came involuntarily as slaves from Africa.