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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He is using a tool called " Twibbon " that makes it easy for people to change their avatar to incorporate a visual for a particular cause. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ? What do you think?

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Ten Useful Examples of the Real-Time Web in Action

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It includes presence information (your avatar glows green if you're online) and chat while doing things like watching YouTube or Netflix videos. Come and join us to discuss these kinds of ideas and more at the ReadWrite Real-Time Web Summit on October 15th. The Real-Time Web of People. That's just the beginning of the vision.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jonathon Coleman's Twitter Avatar. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology. All this traffic came to our brand-spanking new Everyday Environmentalist feature, which helps people learn simple ways that they can be more green.

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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm doing a couple of notes for myself about ideas that some of the discussions raised for me. The context at Blogpotomac was the question, "Did turning your Twitter avatar green in support of the Iraniian protests" really mean anything. One point she made captured by searchengine sage blog. He said that he was negotiations.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

In Iran the regime hasn’t yet shown itself to be as savvy as the green movement. I think underlying slacktivism isn’t enough – you can’t just turn your profile green. The idea that social media completely transplants face to face – one of the difficulties is that it isn’t an either or.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lotusmedia posts about the RootsCampSL's Smashing Success -- Avatars Against War in Second Life. Perhaps a better title, a "Crashing Success," given that so many avatars showed up that it exceeded the server's and crashed! Beyond Giving looks at new ideas, best practices, and good advice for nonprofits and donors.

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