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RIM: We don’t need no steenkin’ opt out

Judi Sohn

Back when I had a Blackberry, I was happy to get emails from them about new features, downloads, etc. Now I have an iPhone so I don’t want to get emails about Blackberries anymore. I hit “Next” and get an error because "Is this your first BlackBerry smartphone?” Research in Motion , I’m calling you out for not playing fair.

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Moving away from “organizations” - to what?

Amy Sample Ward

The word most in question: “organization&#. Blackberries. Blackberries = the volunteers. I’ve been thinking about words lately and finding that there are far too many that we use that either are too vague they don’t really mean anything or are so frequently used that they no longer mean anything. Raspberries.

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Wisdom 2.0: Living Consciously In A Connected World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The question was really how do you say yes to a connected yes and an inner life as well? Tami Simon offered a self-reflection on her technology use, she's a blackberry user, sharing her inner feelings on why she grabs her blackberry on a Friday evening. She reaching for her blackberry facilitated "hyperthinking" with others.

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Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: Successfully Going Mobile

Amy Sample Ward

50% of Android users under 35, Apple use most under 44, RIM (Blackberry etc.) Ask initial questions: What are you doing already? Smartphones are not just for highly educated groups. 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. most over 45. Start engaging Millennials now to make gains later. How do you do that?

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App Resources for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

The resources below will help you get started answering these questions. These app guides aren't specifically designed for nonprofits or libraries, but they're definitely worth looking into: Gizmodo and Wired's guide to 400 essential apps for Windows Mobile, Apple, Android, and Blackberry devices.

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My Lunch with Randi Zuckerberg at Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We then moved upstairs to the roof top lunch deck where I asked Randi some questions that I crowd sourced from people via my Facebook Fan Page and took some photos. A few days ago, I posted a request for questions to ask Randi and she graciously answered: 1. When can I create a FB event from a remote system? James Young).

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Social Media Well Conference

Connection Cafe

If you want to take a page from Dell’s book, have it include three tiers: personal users, spokespeople answering questions and traditional, offline spokespeople (such as your CEO) who now must also be online spokespeople. From Blackberry , social media can be a very effective tool. In a word: disclosure.