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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do we—innovators, entrepreneurs—know what's going to make real-world impact and where do we start? While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do we—innovators, entrepreneurs—know what's going to make real-world impact and where do we start? While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Amy Sample Ward.

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

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How do we—innovators, entrepreneurs—know what's going to make real-world impact and where do we start? While they're scrambling to figure out "new media" alternate entities spring up around them that exist only online. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Dave Cohn.

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Game Friday: The Aftermath of the ARG World Without Oil

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The beauty of WWO's oil shock is the extent to which oil scarcity is already considered an issue that spans the personal, political, financial, and scientific, and WWO, recognizing this, allowed players to engage on the levels most compelling to them. Alternate reality can encourage players to take action in their real lives.

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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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