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Mapping Web2.0 Censorship: Access Denied Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Map does not aim to index all kinds of web filtering, but rather to provide an overview of online censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 The Access Denied Map will try to contextualize and situate that battle by focusing on two areas: 1. The Access Denied Map does not pretend to be exhaustive.

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MindMeister: Collaborative Online MindMapping Tool

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You don't get as much control over the look and feel of your mind map as you would with say MindManager, although you can import an MindManager file. But, you can create a collaborative mindmap online using this application. Does collaboration on the mindmapping tool work best in real time or asynchronous - or does it not matter?

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Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. Give technical and non-technical presentations of HRP projects at conferences.

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Collaborative Paper: What to do in the nonprofit sector to offset the economic crash.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Foundation Center Focus on the Financial Crisis The map image above is an interactive map that displays the distribution of the most recent support by U.S. Marty Kearns has set up a collaborative paper and discussion on a wiki. foundations to aid those affected by the downturn. Drill down to see the details.

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Can Social Network Analysis Improve Your Social Media Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. In the book, we talk about the using low tech tools like crayons or post-it notes to map out your network. When you map your network, it tells you a story.

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

The power of social media in this context, “is in networks growing and collaborating, not silo-ing&# (@ amysampleward ) or “ connecting/leveraging/magnifying the work of people who’re already aware&# (@ HildyGottlieb ). Collaborative mapping of climate change policy [link]. link] is a climate change wiki.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.