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Using Twitter for a Global Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays.

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MCON13 Live Blog: Connecting with Millennials (Azita Ardakani, Lovesocial)

NTEN

Find Azita Ardakani at @azita on Twitter or learn more at lovesocial.org. Note: Azita and the other speakers this morning are being introduced and interviewed by journalist and emcee Nadira Hira , on Twitter at @nadirahira. Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I It was my Twitter handle at the time.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a few examples: Shireen Mitchell who I had never met face-to-face but who generously provided information about people of color and the social web via Twitter while I doing a workshop demo. OrganicMania or Lynn Miller who I met through Twitter and later interviewed me for this blog post about a year ago.

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

Care2

Are Facebook, Twitter and YouTube creating an online democratic world where democracy does not exist otherwise? Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. But she did have social media outlets like Twitter and YouTube. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice? In the U.S.,

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

Care2

Are Facebook, Twitter and YouTube creating an online democratic world where democracy does not exist otherwise? Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. But she did have social media outlets like Twitter and YouTube. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice? In the U.S., And they mean it.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. YouTube is the second most active social media site in the world, followed by Twitter, Google + , LinkedIn , and Pinterest. They’ll be voice- or gesture-controlled. Tumblr is rising fast as well.

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