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Context Is Everything: Online Communities

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Flickr Photo BirkgetKing. The Netpreneur AdMarketing list , one of the longest running Internet marketing lists and still active, is an adventure of the Morino Institute. At the time, we invited Internet thought-leaders to participate in an email list discussion, focusing on interactive tools.

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Recent Rash of LinkedIn Spam

Tech Soup

Cisco Security analyzed this increase in spam and the spam content on Monday , and concluded that clicking on the links on that message installs malware on your computer which attempts to steal personal data and other credentials. Photo: Nan Palmero , CC license. Over the past weekend, there was a surge of such types of attacks.

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photos by Jamie Stobie and used with permission from the photographer. There is major emphasis on what is possible when ingenuity, 11K gb internet connections and collaborative teams intersect. Note from Beth: My colleague, Daniel Ben-Horin, from TechSoup Global has been in the nonprofit technology for decades. He has seen it all.

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NTC Day of Service 2011: The Art of Story Capture

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was lucky enough to work along side Mark Horvath and Shawn Ahmed , both experts at capturing stories on video and sharing through social channels. This post is a roundup of the videos, photos, and tweets from the day. To be a little meta, here’s a photo by Mark Horvath as the video was being shot. Tech Recycling Day.

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08NTC Day of Service: Wireless Network Installation and Training at the Community Center of St. Bernard

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Kalabird Johanna Bates climbs a ladder to install the wireless nodes. The great folks at Cisco not only donated the hardware, but sent a team of their best folks to oversee the installation and lead the volunteer group. Michaela Hackner got some excellent photos of the work down at the Community Center.

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Online Video For Nonprofits

ASU Lodestar Center

A recent post by Isaac Kiehl highlighted social media, and in particular the use of online photos, as a means by which nonprofits can improve interaction with the community. A report by tech giant Cisco found that 51% of all consumer internet traffic in 2011 was video traffic.

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Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Fensterbme on Flickr. More than 85% of US internet users watched online video in July, and on average they spent more than 14 hours doing it. And Cisco says that 90% of the world’s data will be video in four years. We also know that the distance separating the web and television is narrowing. How big is video online?

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