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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

"After running successful community websites in London's challenging Kings Cross I wanted to help other communities achieve the same sense of empowerment and communication. Join us in a UK hyperlocal alliance… « Talk About Local (alpha) - Will Perrin is on a mission to engage and convene localities via the web. "After

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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

When I say “give permission,&# in this post, I’m really saying that you should balance the herding and collecting of the community with the encouragement and empowerment for the community to go wherever it wants with your message or information. Giving permission to peer influence.

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Spotlight on South Africa: Nonprofit Profiles from SANGONeT

Tech Soup

Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking provides video and broadcast training to young people. The Media and Training Centre for Health specializes in the design and development of community learning models that promote health and empowerment in marginalized communities. Art and Media. Children and Education.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

When a friend starts a campaign, supports or fundraises for an organization or cause publicly on a social networking platform, they broadcast that action and encourage their friends to do the same. Because individuals network together online and the biggest influencers are our closest friends in our network.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

When a friend starts a campaign, supports or fundraises for an organization or cause publicly on a social networking platform, they broadcast that action and encourage their friends to do the same. Because individuals network together online and the biggest influencers are our closest friends in our network.

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Decentralization and Individual Empowerment: As power is pushed to the edges, individuals will have an increasing ability to exert influence through social and broadcast media. The premises and questions for the future include: Interconnectedness: People will have more connectivity and more information.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards

Care2

Constituent Empowerment. Came up with sassy email newsletter and went against broadcasting best practices. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos. Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society.

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