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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See Dave Winer's comments here, or as someone on the vlog list "Fighting for civilty using rudeness.". If you’re courageous and know your content backwards, display the back channel on a screen that everyone (including you) can see. Warning she says the F-word on the clip.)

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The Participatory Nonprofit?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

"There's a mentality shift required to fully engage with social networking and community content sites: sometimes, you have to let go." According to recent study from Pew Internet and American Life project, more than one-half of teens have created media content and roughly one-third have shared ocntent. More here ). *

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Is it time for a Social Reporter?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As the Internet changed dramatically with the launch of the Web, the content of my work did too -- although the themes and concepts remained the same. Last week or the weekend before I was at a conference, with wireless and live blogging and vlogging. And, now mid-2000 this has changed again.

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