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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

The conversations and connections that are taking place elsewhere, whether it’s on or offline, don’t have to remain a mystery to you, though. All of this is really to say: you can create a multiple win for your organization and your community by giving permission to broadcast and influence on your behalf.

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You Can Stand Up for Health Care on Twitter and Facebook, What About On Google +?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At minimum, this application lets people air their concerns to legislators and policy makers easily through Twitter and can amplify more traditional tactics such as email campaigns and signing online/offline petitions. The broadcast part will come when Sparks kicks in big time. Clusters will form around Sparks content.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. When a friend starts a campaign, supports or fundraises for an organization or cause publicly on a social networking platform, they broadcast that action and encourage their friends to do the same.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

The message indicated that all Causes-related pages and content on MySpace would be taken down at the end of the week. When a friend starts a campaign, supports or fundraises for an organization or cause publicly on a social networking platform, they broadcast that action and encourage their friends to do the same.

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Transmedia — Making Change Across Mediums

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I started out, the “broadcast, festival, and screenings” model of distribution dictated community engagement strategies that were more linear, and limited. By seeding compelling content and pushing boundaries for distribution with new technology, we can deepen our impact and widen our breadth.

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2015 SXSW Interactive Round Up

NTEN

Many are designed to bring people together to share stories and content, create digital watering holes, and make connections. Amidst that backdrop, one session hosted a critical conversation about the real issues of online harassment and opportunities for organizing for change. In the U.S. million data interpretation–related jobs. >>Read

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12 Not-So-Great Realities About Nonprofits and Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofit social media managers are bombarded with depressing content. Nonprofit social media managers live in a social bubble of depressing tweets and posts and while we’ve chosen this profession, the toll of such content on your mental health and general outlook on humankind is real and needs to be managed.