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Things We Like (and Will Miss About Brett)

NTEN

It is with the same combined emotion of being impressed and knowing it's true that I announce today that Brett will be stepping down from his role as NTEN's Communications Director at the end of February. The magic of the Internet is elusive to many, but Brett has always known what makes us want to click and register for events.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Direct Content. What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Is Your Nonprofit Hitting the She Spot? Part 2

Care2

The Internet affords myriad opportunities for connecting with women. According to nonprofit author Allison Fine, “Social media [in particular] fits into the lives of working women much better than traditional communications tools. .&# Where are the Women? Connect with women online. Buddy up with women bloggers.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some. In this case.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. Chris Wolz manages this blog with the help of his colleagues at Forum One Communications, a web strategy/technology firm in the Washington DC area. We also saw some. In this case.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) My definition is that your knowledge lives in the clouds. At that moment, I realized the limitation of knowledge in the clouds.). One of the questions that also came up in my mind was: What's the difference between a community of practice and a network?