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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment.

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What I Learned About Online Donor Engagement from Fundraisers in Brasil

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some points and examples we shared in response to questions: Fundraisers need to be experts in transmedia storytelling techniques and exploring new possibilities for sharing stories. I gave the example of charity:water that tells the story about how clean drinking water can change people’s lives in development country.

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Customer Feedback in the Non-Profit Sector: Listening to Low-Income Consumers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Consumers will see that their voices make a difference when programs are adjusted and measures of success redefined in response to feedback. We know that when low-income families can access other people’s consumer feedback it is both extremely useful and a source of empowerment.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. For example, if they speak English really well, they were asked to put 3 dots on their name tags, two dots for okay, and one dot for just a few words or not at all.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. For example, on Day 2 we covered strategy and social media integration. organizational change, and technology. We did this on Day 1.

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Blog for Choice Day 2009

Connection Cafe

Today is Blog for Choice Day 2009 , an event organized by NARAL Pro-Choice America. Individual bloggers sign up and commit to devote at least one blog post on January 22 to the topic of choice. I like efforts like these to organize individual bloggers around a particular theme - Blog Action Day is another example.

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