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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The reality is that our brains only have the capacity to manage a limited number of relationships ??? Expressions (media creation, mashups, etc). Collaborative Problem Solving - (working toether in teams - informal/formal to comlpete tasks and develop new knowledge. the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Web and Altruism Nick Booth, high fibre podcasting blog, points us to some fascinating brain research that has discovered the part of the brain responsible for altruism and he links it to why nonprofits should be using the social web to advance their missions. socially and technically accessible in emerging knowledge societies?

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The Magic Tweet: Crowdsourcing Opera Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few months back, the San Francisco Symphony used YouTube to crowdsource auditions for a mashup peformance. A group of individuals has more knowledge to solve a problem than a single individual. This isn't the first time a classical music organization has turned to social media and crowdsourcing. How do you evaluate this?