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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Change the Equation :: @ ChangeEquation. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Related Links: Social and Mobile Media Webinars for Nonprofits and Government. Amnesty International USA :: @ Amnesty. Ashoka :: @ Ashoka. Autism Speaks :: @ AustismSpeaks. Campaign to End Obesity :: @ ToEndObesity.

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our government's public servants have been released to their jobs better. White House blogs, open government initiatives. Things are changing in our country with a new civic engagement. Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA.

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POGO Pride

Connection Cafe

And like overly enthusiastic Convion I am, I stood proudly as the Project on Government Oversight 's name was called as the 2011 Innovator Award Winner for best Overall Use of Convio. Convio makes it pretty easy to whip up campaigns that empower constituents, expand our network of supporters, and most importantly, catalyze change.

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The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide

NTEN

Personal computers, cell phones, digital assistants, and the Internet have fundamentally changed how we communicate. Generations X and Y -- born between 1965 and the mid ‘90s -- grew up absorbing these tools early in life, while boomers and older generations have had to adapt and orient to a changing world of 24/7 communication.

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Revamped Politics Online Conference Ready for Its Closeup - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

This year’s conference, to be held on March 4 and 5 in DC, promises to be a serious change (dare I say upgrade?) Julie Germany, the Deputy Director, thoroughly understands the web, is constantly digging behind the trends, and has made some interesting changes in planning POLC08. has gone through many evolutions. from years past.

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Wikileaks War Data Reveal Underreporting of Iraqi Civilian Casualties

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Guest Beneblog by Anita Gohdes, Jeff Klingner, Megan Price and Patrick Ball The recent release of almost 400,000 secret US military files on the war in Iraq through Wikileaks has attracted wide media coverage. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

Serving as a geographical and cultural bridge between Europe and the Middle East, Turkey is a country that shares borders with both Syria and Iraq (not to mention another six * countries). In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If

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