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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He encourages staff to listen on many different channels and to blog what they learn in order to share with members. You'll also need to search on keywords or phrases that might uncover a client need or perception. To figure out your keywords, do a little brainstorming offline and then maybe use some online keyword tools.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos. Open group blogs, photo pools, video collages and similar projects are also good examples of co-creation. However, just because everyone can become a creator doesn’t mean that everyone does. The Third C: Community.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is much much commentary and grieving taking place online as well as a memorial in SecondLife , and an article in Wikipedia. Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. The media here IS the service.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A comprehensive blog about all things related to Quick Response (QR) Codes, Augmented Reality (AR), and Near Field Communication (NFC). A handy little tool when designing a YouTube channel, Twitter profile, MySpace page, blog, etc. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. Based in the U.K., 360 Panorama :: occipital.com/360/app.

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Designing Nonprofit Experiences

Connection Cafe

Tracking offline and online behaviors in a single database is either a reality or an imminent goal for every nonprofit I’ve worked with. Figure 4: Browse by Topic box from Project on Government Oversight’s blog. Figure 5: The Related Post pop-up on Government Oversight’s blog pages. Storytelling.

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