Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

Map it, mash it up and otherwise make use of this unparalleled online resource. " The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism | DigiActive.org - "Following the recent protests in Moldova, the value of Twitter as a tool for digital activism is more prominent than ever. Just please credit CRP for the data.)"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

Those who are just beginning to incorporate social media into their strategic thinking struggle with: "How do we get to know and understand how a particular tool can help us meet our goals, but not let the tool drive our decisions?" Fire, for instance, was a society-changing tool. The alternative? A forest fire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

They use many more devices, channels, and tools then "regular" people. The cloud isn’t formally organized, pools its information resources, and has no center of power. Ethan Zuckerman recently did an analysis of tweets from Moldova and found this to be true. To push the metaphor a little further, the cloud can become a storm.

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