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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My mind wanders after a couple of paragraphs even when reading New York Times Bestsellers. 9) Browse pictures of baby animals regularly. Related Links: 11 New Year’s Resolutions for Nonprofit Social Media Managers for 2011. Before Myspace then Facebook and then Twitter, I was a voracious reader.

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Fair Use Victory Advances a Future of Accessibility for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Two days ago, on Tuesday, June 10, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York made a major ruling that emphasizes the legality of fair use for book digitization. In September 2011, the Authors Guild sued the HathiTrust, alleging massive copyright violations. In Authors Guild v. copyright law). only copies.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

Amy Sample Ward

I’m at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. The result was an 800 page book of narratives, pictures, stories, and much more that will now be part of the library’s collection.

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

NTEN

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Read the complete issue on "Collaboration" when you subscribe to the journal for free! ]

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

According to the new Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy tool recently launched by Foundation Center, out of a total of 18,446 grants awarded since 2011 by more than 1,300 funders focused on the broad range of issues and efforts related to democracy, just 962 have been focused on technology.

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Games and Cultural Spaces: Live Blog Notes from Games for Change

NTEN

I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Goal of the centennial project was to shine the light on the library's resources and get new audiences engaged in the collections and connected to the curators and staff. Real Virtuality had two games that were on display that augmented reality.

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

This morning, I had the huge honor of presenting the keynote at the 2011 MyCharityConnects Conference in Toronto, ON. Obviously, we can all picture a car. I live now in New York, but before moving there in the autumn, I was based in London for a few years. The full keynote and presentation are below. BlueGreen Alliance.

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