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

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Put them on a list, in a circle, or group so you can focus on their stream and not get distracted. 6 Synthesis: On Google +, the stream flows much faster. 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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Reflections on Guest Blogging

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John's River that I live streamed with my N95. Engagement on PostRank is calculated with a number of metrics including commenting, clicks, sharing on google reader, retweeting, and saving on social bookmarking services. I've even lived blogged my vacations. To keep a consistent publishing schedule.

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Grazing on Curated Lists Is Like Sipping A Fine Wine

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I’ve been reflecting on Scoble’s observation that curation is about knowing your sources, seeing patterns, and being organized. I’ve been experimenting with Scoop.It , a bookmarking and curation tool. also lets you easily share the gems you find selectively to other social networks.

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What type of Tweets get retweeted most? Bites of Wisdom

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. Screen capture here : I've been running small experiments on the art of retweeting for a couple of weeks and it's time for a reflection. . These are a few gems that I've bookmarked on delicous and slightly different than those streamed on my blog. (And Bytes of Wisdom or humor : I share some geek humor now and then.

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Tagging and Communities of Practice - Reflections from KM

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group" about tagging and social-bookmarking. She gave me some very rich reflections as a reply in the comments. One of her points resonated with some other reflections I'm seeing on this side of the pond from early adopters in the nonprofit space in using tagging for resource sharing. e-collaboration???

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Google+ – Yi-Tan Call Notes

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I want to be able to bookmark or pick things out from the stream that I want to go back to so the items don’t get lost. Also, there’s search yet. Dave Gray shared this reflection where circles can go and they hint at other potential nonprofit use cases for donor cultivation.

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NpTag Tag and Nonprofit Collaborative Tag Project Types

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2005) Susan Tenby's response to the question, " Why I use Tags " shows progression from retrieval, to social bookmarking, to sharing with others - on a personal level. See also Marc's post w/more reflections. " Keeping found things found. Joshua Schacter at Berkman Center lecture notes Oct. Emily's post ).

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