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Arts Summit 2008: The Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations - Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But, I just haven't paid much attention to the Web 2.0 "Because it doesn't sound like Yo Yo Ma!" " I had to explain to him that Yo Yo Ma didn't sound that way after he had played for week either - and that it takes practice. There was some excellent questions during the plenary from this very smart crowd.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck Consulting. She got back to me quickly and said what we wanted to do sounded like a great fit for their Brandraising program. Sounded perfect. And each of us explained it a little differently.

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Innovative Youth Outreach

See3

We wrapped compelling words, visuals, and sound into a thought-provoking series, with each video riffing on a different word: “Free&# , “Will&# , and “Power&#. Each video features a young, critically-acclaimed spoken-word artist – Shira Erlichman, Alvin Lau, and Deja Taylor – as well as renowned musician, DJ Spooky.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

Grab your audience with something that commands attention â?? Think back to your school days, and which teaching style was most likely to keep your attention long enough to learn something â?? Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM. June 8, 2008 11:03 AM. Comment Notification.

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

Connection Cafe

A Twitter trending hashtag or viral video can put a topic on the media agenda, creating a spiral of attention that spreads your message far beyond its traditional audience. One of them is a myth, but sounds great in a pitch meeting or a TED Talk. The bigger shift is occurring in how the broader news ecology operates.

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Fight Colorectal Cancer: A Rebranding Tale

Judi Sohn

At the 2008 conference, I attended a session presented by Farra Trompeter of Big Duck. She got back to me quickly and said what we wanted to do sounded like a great fit for their Brandraising program. Sounded perfect. And each of us explained it a little differently. An example of our early “brand&# circa 2005.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Regardless of how well-designed or technologically sound the tool, if people aren’t already using that tool then they won’t turn to it in a time of disaster.

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