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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. As the latest technology allows people to “engage” from their computers/phones rather than getting their hands dirty IRL, will this impact the future of volunteerism? Submitted by Jacob Colker. Submitted by Ramya Raghavan.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. As the latest technology allows people to “engage” from their computers/phones rather than getting their hands dirty IRL, will this impact the future of volunteerism? Submitted by Jacob Colker. Submitted by Ramya Raghavan.

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

NTEN

Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. As the latest technology allows people to “engage” from their computers/phones rather than getting their hands dirty IRL, will this impact the future of volunteerism? Submitted by Ted Fickes. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook: facebook.com/witness. WITNESS currently utilizes the following social media tools: YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and “Video for Change” (blog). The blog has been the key standardized staple that helps to regularly generate content for readers, which then is further shared via Twitter and Facebook.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. We’ve seen potential for those unsympathetic to the cause to use the technology too – a bit of an arms race created. Communication technologies have always been used for political change, especially with Iran.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

Care2

Are Facebook, Twitter and YouTube creating an online democratic world where democracy does not exist otherwise? Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. Without any legislation to grant women in Iran speech of any sort, social media is an anonymous outlet for these women to let the world know what happens to them.

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