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How To Avoid Being Seduced by Web2.0 Hype: The UK NpTech Perspective

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? apps (skype, myspace, flickr, etc) without knowing it's web 2.0. Making me think of March Dimes Flickr Contest ) Epilepsy Action in MySpace 1. and volcom sector adoption. is right for you and your org? it.org.uk ???real???

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Four Reasons Why Nonprofits Should Question Facebook’s Integrity, Longevity, and ROI (Return on Investment)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook would do well to follow the lead of Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. There is some ROI, but there is also a lot hype about Facebook. years now, and in comparison to Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace and YouTube, the Facebook Page tool set is pretty limited. I don’t think so.

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Kevin Gamble who reads more feeds than I do tweeted about this blog post by Stow Boyd. Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles. How short was the hype cycle of MySpace? Now, this post comes bubbling up from my network and it is exactly what I want to chew on. tool after Web 2.0

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But there is a lot of hype regarding Web 2.0, and I want to talk about that hype, and talk about the possible pitfalls of jumping on the Web 2.0 I’ll then talk about blogging, podcasting and vlogging, which I think are probably the most hyped, and potentially least useful for nonprofits to jump into without a lot of thought.

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