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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs. He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ).

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Great reads from around the web on September 13th

Amy Sample Ward

The Desert of Community Building | Geoff Livingston's Blog – "One of the most crystallizing moments of my online career was when Ike Pigott said social media was an organic process. Most marketers and communicators fail to realize the imperative of engaging the Fifth Estate as a group of people just like them."

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Trainer’s Notebook: Tips for Good Openings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States. … Read More

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What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Will the contest provide a meaningful opportunity for stakeholder empowerment? Does the contest help us build social capital or do we have enough deposited to make a with drawl? Tags: Fundraising ROI Strategy agc2 case foundation contests. Can we follow up with new stakeholders that we connect with? Is it inclusive?

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. Tags: community issues causes data facebook future myspace openweb ssir. How can communities communicate and demand technologies take the lead from them?

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. Tags: community issues causes data facebook future myspace openweb ssir. How can communities communicate and demand technologies take the lead from them?

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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. Tags: community otherblogs control permission report ssir strategy.

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