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New on SSIR: Give Permission to Peer Influence

Amy Sample Ward

It comes at the same time that I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the importance of community builders/managers/leaders or organizational voices to give permission back to the community members. Join the conversation on the SSIR blog or share your ideas in the comments below.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Applications like Causes also enable individuals to give voices to your work that you don’t have to control or manage – campaigns that benefit you because your supporters believe and appreciate the work you are doing. ( Check out a great post from Ivan Boothe of Rootwork on this topic.). What other questions do you want answered?

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Applications like Causes also enable individuals to give voices to your work that you don’t have to control or manage - campaigns that benefit you because your supporters believe and appreciate the work you are doing. ( Check out a great post from Ivan Boothe of Rootwork on this topic.). as a form of self expression and identification.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

Some of the apps created by youth who have completed the program include: Buzzer Buddiez is a unique alarm app that uses voice-recording and a buddy system to help you get up in the morning. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. Please share it here or in the comments on the original post. in your area?

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NTEN Project Name Change: We Need Your Feedback

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

leave comments on blog posts that written about the project directing to new url. Nonprofit Social Media Empowerment Guide. NpTech Social Media Empowerment Guide. Empowered MEdia MEdia Empowered Empowered by Media SMEG (social media empowerment guide). MEdia EmpoWErement. Make the changes: logo. get domain name.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? The most successful programs fostered youth empowerment and community leadership in various content areas: agriculture, technology, healing. Not your voice.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

Museum 2.0

And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. And consider sharing a comment here with a takeaway that is meaningful for you. Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations.

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