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PopTech Fellows Program: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. She is a lawyer, activist and blogger , and the co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a free, open source, Web mobile-based platform capable of crowd-sourcing, sharing and mapping information in near real time. .

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“It depends on whether this is the beginning of a trend or an extremely exceptional response to an extremely exceptional situation,” said Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder of Global Voices, a network of bloggers worldwide, and author of “Consent of the Networked,” a book that addresses free speech in the digital age.”

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Lead or Follow: Arts Administrators Hash it Out

Museum 2.0

Trevor O'Donnell : Leaders Use Their Words O'Donnell was not one of the invited bloggers but a commenter from the field (a follower. It's a good post that is representative of her powerful writing (mostly focused on the performing arts). or a good example of how silly the term "follower" is?).

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Holly Stevens: Blogging as Storytelling

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Bloggers are storytellers. What are some storytelling points that bloggers should think about and possibly incorporate into their writing? I love to see personal narrative blended with broad social commentary, the way Barbara Kingsolver tells stories. I love stories that make for good reading aloud. Her blog is hard to pin down.