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Leah Jones Is Taking A 3-Day Journey To Fight Breast Cancer and Social Actions Can Help You Find Other Related Campaigns

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She announced on her blog, " I use Twitter to fight Cancer " and without any formal blogger relations campaign, well-known and influential bloggers blogged about her situation and changed their avatars to include peas. " she's now taking her activism offline. Komen 3-Day in Atlanta.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

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more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. I'm very grateful to Andy for teaching about how to podcast without electricity so I could share that with Cambodian bloggers. This made think of whether trust is only built from knowing someone offline or not.

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Should we put our social media tools away and have a conversation?

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Inviting bloggers to Davos is a good thing as it means those not attending in person can participate in the discussion and it makes the whole thing a bit more informal. ll all be able to stay home, prevent climate change and just send our avatars to Switzerland. Has this view been changed by the pervasive Internet access?

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How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook

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It was my most memorable virtual presentation as my avatar was June Jetson and I made a flying entrance into the auditorium to the tune of the Jetson’s theme song. Whether it is texting or promoting offline , they experiment with many ways to increase their fan base. How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook. Introduction.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Blog Buzz, NGOS at Demo 07, and Moulin

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The offline wikipedia, Moulin. Marshall Kirkpatrick, longtime Netsquared blogger, is now working with Splashcast also at DEMO 07 this week. Check out this splashcast channel with a nonprofit theme created by Netsquared Blogger, Britt Bravo. A new blog platform for fair-minded bloggers. Cross-posted at Netsquared

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Social Media Roadblock: An Interview with Wendy Harman, Red Cross - Social Media Strategy Case Study

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We also encouraged people to change their avatars (see above). On the actual day, I reached out to bloggers like you and Kami Watson Huyse, John Cass, Ike Pigott, our friends at Good2gether, and other social media big wigs I am privileged to know and asked them to help spread the word. The Social Media Roadblock. I have no idea!

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

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Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). For example, the internet was important because it was difficult to organize offline. Kevin Anderson, blogs editor of the Guardian. So, the answer is yes as a tool.

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