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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

But next month, Britain Loves Wikipedia will commence--the third instance of a strange and fascinating collaborative project between museums and the Wikipedia community (Wikimedians). Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Google Maps.

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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. For more information, here’s the Campus Party Wikipedia Page and here’s a BBC report on a Brazilian Campus Party.).

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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. Most users prefer to consume user generated content, by reading blog, watching videos, or browsing through photos.

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Mapping Web2.0 Censorship: Access Denied Map

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This project will also track and explore the relationships between anti-censorship groups in different parts of the world who are collaborating to defend the right to access web 2.0 It will also facilitate collaboration between activists, allowing them to find each other, share tactics and strategies and experiences. websites (e.g.

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Attention Nonprofit Wiki Users: Let's Desconstruct Your Wiki!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Mushon. Perhaps you most likely remember this amazing deconstruction by John Udell of the Wikipedia entry on ??? It really helped you understand the inner workings of the collaborative construction of content on Wikipedia. I put a question on Twitter, " What are your best Wiki adoption tips?

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

We think this kind of information sharing is the essence of nonprofits and libraries' collaborative spirit. Lots of organizations now use Creative Commons licensing, including the World Bank , Wikipedia , and MIT plus many other universities. image images graphics photo digital storytelling visualization visual' spanhidden.

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