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

NTEN

Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I I saw this opportunity to help humanize voices in the digital realm and not just create pop-up communities but communicate with intention." So any campaign that people activate is based off that trusted space. That changed when I got to Canada." "As

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The story has to be told from a personal POV by someone I can personally relate to who uses an authentic voice. That the POV is from a “detached” observer who is above the situation and outside the story who speaks in an institutional voice. A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there.

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Game Friday: The Aftermath of the ARG World Without Oil

Museum 2.0

Overall, about 60,000 interacted with WWO resources during the game, 1,871 of whom actively contributed content. It required much higher engagement than reading news articles on the topic; it was a huge growing, twisting network of news, strategy, activism, and personal expression. I admit that I was not one of them. I wasn't ready.

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

Care2

Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice?

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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. There are now 2.4 Digital Inclusion.

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