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Designing A Space Suit for Mars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We also had a wide range of attitudes about the use of social media - from healthy skepticism to excited practioner. As a result, the questions and insights shared were rich and varied. We created a network of fans who are remixing our context and spreading our message, how do we guide them effectively without controlling them?

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

offers personal insights in opening up to new ideas and letting go of information, hierarchy and "proprietary" thinking. The paper gives examples of different forms of participatory culture: - Affiliations (memberships - formal and informal - in online communities). the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is an attitude , not a download. An interesting conversation percolating about Open Content on the NpTech blogopshere sparked by a thoughtful post from Michelle Murrain commenting on the licensing of the new Journal of Information Technology and Social Change. Here's a few blog posts about the NTC experience: Marnie Webb says Web2.0

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've gotten into the habit of asking if there will be confidential information shared and what is or isn't bloggable. Eugene said at the beginning that he would not be sharing any confidential information and that everything is open. This makes me more comfortable for me to open my laptop and take notes.

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Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Still, I got a lot of great feedback for the next remix of this game. After a lunch of pizza (which accelerated my tiredness), I lead a very small group informal discussion on Open Content. I was wrong -- this attitude isn't necessarily generational. Sorry Janet , no videos too tired to multi-task.). or similar) licensing.

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

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This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change. With regard to public-facing institutions, there were interesting distinctions drawn about the way libraries and museums provide information. Museums provide the information that we deem useful or interesting.

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