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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the people behind the technology) instead of the communities on the other end. 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.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

It’s a case of letting technology lead (or, rather, the people behind the technology) instead of the communities on the other end. 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.

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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. About SANGONet.

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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. What will be the impact of technology on civic engagement? The report asks a number of impact questions related to networked citizens and the future.

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

They broadcast and unite women's voices from around the world into a powerful force for change. I had absolutely no publishing experience, much less any technology experience, and I was also very, very shy and I had no resources either, another big barrier. We think it's because of the mentorship.

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