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RSS As Information Coping Tool

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Drawing from my " Information Coping Skills for Humans " workshop circa 1999. in the UK, I made a Freudian slip and called RSI - RSS by mistake.). I'm finding that some people's initial reactions to RSS is "OMG, information overload!" I'd also cover stretching and RSI and how to avoid it.(in

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Filtering Your Feeds: Marshall's Yahoo Pipes Screencast

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Are you using RSS to listen, but want to know how to fine tune your listening skills? Go no further than this excellent screencast from Marshall Kirkpatrick. Let's say that you have mastered using an RSS reader like bloglines or google reader or event NetVibes to read feeds. That's where Yahoo Pipes can really help you.

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What is a Widget?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you've been following my widgets category , you know that I'm working on a screencast and have been researching and playing with widgets. For the script, before jumping into the how-to of widgets, the screencast will give some context, of course. RSS widgets as seen on AFP Blog. What problem does a widget solve?

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

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It implies not just “information”, but also understanding how things work. A robust knowledge sharing network might involve people sharing resources, best practices, worst practices, just-in-time information, quick tips, and deep thinking, all focused on a specific topic. Ask them: What type of information do you need to share?

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What I learned about Social Search on Yi-Tan and How It Applies to NpTech Tag Discussion.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Google reader has google reader sharing - reblogging - Imagine a power RSS user culls posts that are really useful and clicks share - and creates an exhaust feed of items. The existing social searches are simply too big for trust - the information flow to huge and overwhelming. Some other urls here and here.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A willingness to share information and content, also known as transparency ; planning is discussed and user participation is welcomed. Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. This can inform. How will you apply the information? Openness - ????A It's messy.

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Results from Widget Experiments

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am working on a screencast about nonprofit blogs and widgets. The whole podcast is about 2-3 minutes and I will use that as a soundtrack for Act 2 in the screencast. Can help you "listen" by gathering feedback and other information from your blog readers. Create Free Polls. I put them into posts, not the sidebar.

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