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How To Get Insight From Data Visualization: SHUT UP and SLOW DOWN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Map the data. I have a survey that allows me to understand the composition of the group in aggregate as well as the maturity of practice levels for each individual participant according to “ Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly.” From SXSW Session: Shut Up and Draw. Establish the underlying coordinates. Draw a conclusion.

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Online Extension of Conference: Global Development Network Meeting in Kuwait

Forum One

I'm in Kuwait for the 10th Annual Conference of the " Global Development Network ", a "global network of research and policy institutes that work on facilitating and applying research to policy development and practice." See the participants map of the world. See how it is unfolding here in Kuwait: GDN 2009 Conference social network.

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Playing the Social Media Game with 100 Bay Area Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the opportunity facilitate a " Social Media Strategy Map " workshop for over 100 Bay Area nonprofits. Every time I present or facilitate a workshop, I review the web sites and social media ant trails (social media properties) of participants. . Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results. In co-creation, the value lies as much in the curated aggregate as in the individual contributions. The Second C: Collaboration. Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation.

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APIs for Social Media Integration and More: A Gentle Introduction for Nonprofits

NTEN

API stands for Application Program Interface, and has become known for, in large part, facilitating the Web 2.0 Focus on the word “interface”, which means facilitating communication between two different applications. What are APIs? So what is an API, really? Think of APIs as connecting plugs between applications.

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What's the String that Ties One Experience at Your Institution with the Next?

Museum 2.0

I don't care how many platforms you're active in--if they are not connected to each other, people will not aggregate the experiences. How do you invite people back, and how do you help them collect and aggregate their experiences with you in a meaningful way? They are missing a string. Let me explain. How do you give them the string?

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Critical Friends and A Reflection Process for Working Wikily

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

provocative questions, offers an alternative view, and helps facilitate fresh insights or alternative sources of information or expertise." When do you as the wiki facilitator get out of the way? However, we may be thinking of about it slightly different - a facilitative curator versus community driven curation.

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