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Mary Joyce: Global Social Change Blogher - Her Latest: Free Monem Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleague Mary Joyce who writes a blog called " ZapBoom: The Sound That Change Makes " that focuses on the question, "Under what conditions does citizen activism occur and how can it be supported and encouraged?" Birds' s 2/12/07 (how blogging is changing the Muslim Brotherhood. MONEM'S POSTS.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. These involve detection and interruption, identifying individuals involved in transmission, and changing social norms of the communities where it occurs. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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PdF Discount and Call: The Internet's Future - Will It Be Free?

Tech Soup

substantial discount (25 percent off) to the whole TechSoup universe! The theme this year is Agents of Change and TechSoup's own Daniel Ben-Horin (one of our CEOs) will be speaking on a panel. does the future look like, and how can it be changed? Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) 2011 is. To access the. With on-going.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

ASU Lodestar Center

Social media, particularly, have proven to be powerful and exceedingly important, especially as we watch the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. However, times have changed my perspective. If anyone ever once doubted the energy and organizing force of technology, rest assured they dont anymore. Central Ave.

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A Guide To Facebook Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It comes from Digiactive , a five-month-old site devoted to digital activism and was written by Dan Schultz , a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He was one of 27 individuals to win the first Knight News Challenge. It is a quick read and very useful.

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Wendy Sternberg Leaves Her Medical Career to Heal the World

See3

Wendy just spent the several months in Thailand as part of the very exclusive Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies at Chulalongkorn University. At See3 we have the pleasure of collaborating with Wendy to help her find a way to document and distribute video from her upcoming concert tour of Egypt and Jordan.

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. ” Stephanie Rudat, my co-trainer for Tunisia, pointed to a resource that included non-violent tactics for social change.

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