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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. is in conflict with (currently, Iran).

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Submitted by Dave Cohn. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding. “I CHRISTOPHER R.

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

NTEN

While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Submitted by Dave Cohn. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

Have Fun - Do Good

What we are trying to do with The Green Festival is to say to people look, it is great that there is this culture of protest and Global Exchange has done tons of protest, we are really professionals at it, but my analogy is like the Titanic. There are people in positions of power in places like Iran and Washington, D.C.

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