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Online Activism: The Movie - Ten Tactics for Info Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The site and film include inspiring info-activism stories from around the world, a set of cards with tool tips and advice. The project comes from Tactical Technology, inspired their info-activism camp in India.

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Alliance Library System and Second Life Library/Info Island Official Opening

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Info Island - Library Teleportation Station Originally uploaded by libraryman. The Alliance Library System and the Second Life Library/Info Island collaborative group of librarians are pleased to announce the grand opening and a host of activities planned for Second Life residents scheduled October 12-14, 2007.

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Info overload functions as roadblock to better memory

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An article entitled " Info overload functions as roadblock to better memory " The article makes the point that the problem is a loss of focus. People aren???t t paying attention, aren???t t taking the time to do one thing at a time and make the whole experience a permanent memory.

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Nonprofit Tagging: Healthcare Patient Info

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Just came across this interesting example of nonprofit tagging via a blog post on netsquared by enoch choi. Dr. Choi is an individual contributor to Google Health Co-op and works on the non-profit Palo Alto Medical Foundation's tagging efforts @ Google Health Co-op as well. The intent of the tagging is to improve healthcare search for patients.

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Curating Valentine’s Day From Nonprofits, Geeks, and Social Media

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nonprofits Be “mined” – Data mined that is…posting financial info on your website shows a commitment to transparency #npvalentine — CouncilofNonprofits (@buildnpcapacity) February 14, 2014. Let us chronicle the ways together. npvalentine. Patterson Foundation (@ThePattersonFdn) February 14, 2014.

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Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding

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Jot down their contact info (Twitter handle and email address). Pitch - Contact the journalists that you’ve identified, tell them your story, and give them more info about your campaign. Now, if you do decide to go the publicity route, here are the three steps to getting press. Prepare – Ask yourself, why is this newsworthy?

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A New Approach for Nonprofit Professional Development: Micro-Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Micro-learning online courses consist of a video, an info-graphic or list of tips, and a set of instructional or assessment questions that help us think differently about the topic and find something bite size to apply immediately.