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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. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) What it Means to Individuals.

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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. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) What it Means to Individuals.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

And so I have more than five years of experience creating online and offline communities to support social and environmental causes as Steven said and I worked a lot in Latin America. It works in areas with slow internet. So it’s a great tool for areas that have low internet connection. . Then sharing updates.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. For US nonprofits, we turn to the the Pew Internet and America Life for studies and audience research about the hyper-connected. billion global internet users today – roughly 35% of the world’s population.

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Creating Your Organization's Social Media Strategy Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the challenges, of course, is integrating social media strategy with overall communications planning as well as Internet strategy without having the time in the workshop to drill down into those other topics. It pays to spend a few hours reviewing the demographic or “technographic” details (what people are doing online).