Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Facebook recently announced a test in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia. So the Newsfeed algorithm tries to predict what each user wants to see in their Newsfeed. But no algorithm is perfect. So they test and tweak. Users in these countries can only see Page posts that their friends comment on or share.

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Sri Lanka Slovakia Serbia Bolivia 42

Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

While I haven’t lived in a Syrian refugee camp, survived on $1 a day in Guatemala, or been awarded an honorary doctorate by the New School for my work as a civil rights activist, I do know one thing: we all play a part. And I learned a few other things: Social Media is More than Vanity Metrics.

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Guatemala Social Media Influence Chart 37

Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

In August, Ryan Deer* will head out with his baseball team and NEXT Worldwide to “Live the Mission” by working with church planting leaders in Guatemala who equip and assist local pastors with planting or strengthening new churches.

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Fundraising Help Student Guatemala 30

Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2015

There was a girl in Guatemala that we worked with who went by the pseudonym Griselda. Q: Share an example of a time that the reaction to one of the stories you shared was particularly powerful. What was it about the story that elicited that response? I wasn’t in the room for this one, but I heard about it second-hand.

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Storytelling Story Change South Carolina 20