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Open Source Thinking: A Remix Wikitation of Marnie Webb's Ten Ways To Use Web2.0 Tools

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tools for the good folks at NCNA. Allison Fine 's book, Momentum, has a whole chapter on what she calls " Open Source Thinking ," and how it is key to successfully using these new tools. Open source thinking is sharing and remixing. Tools" and published under creative commons by/NC license.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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Next week I'm doing a Webinar for Extension Professionals , a remix of 10 Steps to Association 2.0 which was a remix of Marnie Webb 's Ten Ways Nonprofits Can Change the World. My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. I'm nervous. It's messy.

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

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Note From Beth: Since 2007, I've been using, adapting, and remixing the Social Media Game social media workshops for nonprofits. EDF has embraced the spirit of this sharing - not only remixing a version of the game for their organization,but also sharing back the materials and what worked! . What did we do? We went all-out.

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Reflections on the Social Media Lab Workshop

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It is also a good technique to explore the possibilities of new tools and techniques before investing more time and energy in something that isn't right for our organizations. A New Definition of An Expert: Your Network. I feel strongly that the new definition of a social media expert is someone who has a smart network. .

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Sprout - A Flash Editor - Let's You Customize Your Own Widget

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According to Jason Ricci, Chief Product Officer, Sprout is a concept that grew out of our work at Chipin - and we definitely haven't lost our nonprofit roots.look for more fun functionality geared towards nonprofits in the future. The product is a drag-and-drop Flash authoring tool built on Adobe's Flex. In minutes.

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PBS ShowCase Presentation: Social Media Adoption Challenges

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It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. These same tools become very powerful in the hands of activists. These are conversations that you want to have behind the firewall.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

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Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Tools Creating Passionate Users Blog asks " Are our tools making us dumber ?" " and offers some advice to tool makers, teachers, and users.

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