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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A new book, “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom,” by a young Belarus-born American scholar, Evgeny Morozov , has made the case most provocatively, describing instance after instance of strongmen finding ways to use new media to their advantage. For example, what is being tweeted about the use of social media.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

Día de los Muertos is rooted in the Catholic All Saints Day, which takes place on November 1st, but has taken on an afterlife of its own. It takes place in the ten days before Santa, or Papa Noel, arrives and commemorates the journey Mary and Joseph make to arrive in Bethlehem in the nativity story. Nicholas Day.

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Empowering Women Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

I think that willpower is one of the most important thinks, especially for youth, since we are the ones who carry that huge responsibility of making the future and the way we’ll handle it somehow depends on how much willpower we have and how willing we are to make changes in the world in order to make it a better place to live for all of us!

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