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Geek Heresy

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It is also odd given that he cites David Bornstein’s seminal book, How to Change the World, to make an unrelated point and omits the full title: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Conclusion Social change in the real world is difficult, and magic bullets are few and far between.

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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

Care2

Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. And if you look at their website right now, you will find that some of their headlines are simpler and not the hyped up "and you won''t believe what happened next.".

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Social Media Adoption: The Line Between Individual/Personal and Organizational

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let's looke at the general observations about change and adoption of new technologies: What I said was that corporations have a tendency to distrust new communication technologies when they appear. This is the Social = Me First meme , I have spoken on widely. Technology providers also try to avoid getting seduced by the hype cycles.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. Games for Change and Virtual Words Nick Booth points to Free Rice, an online edugaming for good. The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. I wholeheartedly agree ! And if Web 2.0

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The Real Housewives of Social Media: Cooking up Recipes for Nonprofit Success

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Neff and Jordan Viator -- had the great opportunity to lead a session entitled " The Real Housewives of Social Media " Funny Photoshopped pictures were displayed of us, we sported aprons to hype the theme, and we shared information and case studies on various aspects of social media campaigning. Be proactive.