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Great reads from January 6th through January 8th

Amy Sample Ward

2008 Online Giving Trends - Connections - Want to compare your 2008 numbers/results to other organizations? On this site, you can write, edit & remix each other's words - along with those of the past years' presidents - to create an inaugural that reflects your collective viewpoint.

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JogDogBlog: Help Alan Hate Running and Support A Good Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest and I donated 50 bucks to his cause. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest (details to be announced in early 2008), I caught this post. Alan Levine, AKA cogdog blog, is running a marathon to help support a cause he cares about - juvenile diabetes. Last year, Alan won the Beth 5.0

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Open Social != Open Data

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

But it’s the remixing of data from many networks that provides the real win for users and nonprofits. { But it’s the remixing of data from many networks that provides the real win for users and nonprofits. { But it’s the remixing of data from many networks that provides the real win for users and nonprofits. {

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Trend Blend 2009: A Map of Time and Tide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You may remember the very popular Trend Blend 2007 and Trend Blend 2008 which used transportation themes. Click to see a larger image This is a cool visualizations of trends for 2009 in different sectors. It's from Trends in Living Networks blogger Ross Dawson. There's a difference, it's a little broader than social media. Volatility.

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Open Source Cinema

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Brett's Remix of Lessig's Words. Footage I shoot during the production of the film will be released under a Creative Commons license on the site - and I'm asking for key remixes to be created by participants like yourselves. The film is going to be released in 2008 - online, on TV, and in theatres as well.

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PBS ShowCase Presentation: Social Media Adoption Challenges

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a remix of the " Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism " which was the title of a talk given by Ethan Zuckerman at O'Reilly's E-Tech Conference in March, 2008 (notes from Ryan Singel. These are conversations that you want to have behind the firewall. What the heck is the Cute Dog Theory? of Wired Blog).

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. Chris Farrell set a 2008 goal to make his charitable giving a monthly activity, not a mad rush in December.

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