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Great reads from around the web on April 14th

Amy Sample Ward

You've come to the right place. " 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. .)" Map it, mash it up and otherwise make use of this unparalleled online resource.

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Twitter for Activism Tool VS Strategy Debate and A New Twitter Activism Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while quite, different from the "mainstream" use of Twitter by nonprofits , Ivan warns against tool-driven decisions for activism campaigns: It's certainly exciting to see technology being used in ways that amplify and extend the impact of movement organizing. What are some of the best examples of digital activism that use Twitter?

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Where it has been getting integrated into social justice organizing, it's largely been outside the United States, in places like Colombia and Egypt. Which is not to diminish the hard work of social justice organizers in Moldova. Mad props to them.)

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The power of sharing allows individuals to come together in great “clouds” of activity, and allows them to focus their activity around a single task. Where they lose grasp of that knowledge, that’s the space where coups, palace revolutions and popular revolts take place. I'm struck by this.

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