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The more things change …

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Linux Journal ran the following advertisement by a company called “QSOL&# : And, it got 2100+ diggs , with the title “Best. Unfortunately, the open source community seems to find ways to ridicule, degrade and and belittle women quite often. It ran in 2000, with a lot of uproar, and they promised never to run it again.

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Allan Benamer's NpTech Tag Meta Feed Digg Plig Collaborative Search Mashup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

January 19, 2007 Marnie Webb puts out a call for a call. January 12, 2007. We also discussed the aggregation and publishing side and some initial goals for the NPTech Community site. Peter Campbell, who created the site, has moved the site it's new domain [link] - so stay tuned for more updates. NpTech Conference Call Notes.

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Vote for the First Anti-Genocide Hotline on Reddit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. I wanted to help him out, so follow that link above and then follow the instructions. Then come back here. Thanks Ivan.

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The Perils of Popularity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Object-Based Social Networks: 2004 Think Flickr, delicious, digg, Slideshare. Facebook: 2007 "We own the social graph, you bring the objects. Facebook: 2007 "We own the social graph, you bring the objects." Will google set it free in 2007 ? Water cooler conversations around shared objects. Viral sharing.

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Yi-Tan Call on Monday: Social Search

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are many social ways to filter info, from digg (see especially the Diggswarm ) and Memeorandum to del.icio.us , blogging, reblogging (see. Date: Monday, January 29, 2007 Time: 10:30 PDT, 1:30. Search engines keep improving, sometimes imperceptibly, but my money's on social search. We'll find. the Google Reader Sharing.

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The Lurker to Contributor Ratio: Tagging Communities Compared To Other Online Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

project 2007 Survey , Via Stephen Downes comes a pointer to a David White's JISC funded ???SPIRE??? project 2007 Survey , a British-based, of 1400 respondents, on the use of Web 2.0 online communities, like tagging communities, digg communities, and others. Chart from David White, JISC funded ???SPIRE??? technologies.

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Free Live Interactive Event: Future of Fundraising

Tech Soup

In 2007 when the platform launched, Causes grew in popularity and awareness as people used their Birthday Wish to raise money for their favorite nonprofit. Jen Burton, Community Director of Causes Fundraising Focus: Facebook. Causes is the largest Facebook fundraising application and most nonprofits are likely familiar with it.