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Great reads from around the web on April 14th

Amy Sample Ward

Yet in addition to bringing greater awareness to that tool, the hype surrounding Moldova revealed misunderstanding of the value of of Twitter for activism and, even though the realists responded strongly, there was not a stand-alone resource which clearly defined how Twitter could be used by activists." Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Are You Going To Adopt Google+ for Professional Learning/Networking? Why or Why Not?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I try to slow to down and summarize the best concepts, ideas in a blog post. But before I can do that, I need to capture or bookmark the best stuff. This is difficult on Google + as it isn’t built into the system (yet), so I’ve been bookmarking into another system. #7

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Great reads from around the web on February 1st

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles. As Jon Stahl notes, in reaction to the recent Overbook Foundation Report , I wonder how much of this anxiety is the product of nonprofit sector consultants and pundits hyping Web 2.0 How short was the hype cycle of MySpace? tool after Web 2.0 Of YouTube?

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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m using a combination short blog posts, participating on other people’s threads, and using it as a source for curating information. The best of the best about the platform and nonprofits, I’m adding to my curated list in Scoop.it, because the platform lacks bookmarking and filtering features.

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J. Leroy says "OMG Blogging is so not Web 2.0"

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I bookmarked in delicious a post by David Weinberger saying blogging is Web 1.0 I'm still trying to better understand what it all means for nonprofits and maybe we just say to hell with the technology hype & buzzwords and focus on the value of collaborative outcomes that the Web 2.0 (for

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. Social Bookmarking. I wholeheartedly agree !

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