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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Journalists using social media in Egypt. Using Twitter for a Global Conversation. . $100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. Social media in disaster response. National Theatre screws up, what we can learn from mistakes. American Red Cross Twitter Mistakes and Fundraising. Atlanta Councilman chooses Twitter. Twitter API wiki.

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Center for the Future of Museums: Khan Academy & Cultural Understanding

AFP Blog

There are nearly 600 short-form art history videos created from conversations recorded on-site (in urban spaces, archeological sites, museums, churches and mosques), as well as hundreds of essays on art and art history. NPMuseumMarketing NPMuseums'

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. .” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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PdF Discount and Call: The Internet's Future - Will It Be Free?

Tech Soup

The shutdown of the Internet in Egypt during the protests and the metering of Internet service by corporations that decides on the speed and consistency of your service, determine whether you can do your work and conduct advocacy and education freely. What are your biggest concerns about the future of the Internet?

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Change from the Inside: A Conversation with COSI

Museum 2.0

Their CEO writes a blog , as do exhibit developers working on an upcoming exhibition on Egypt. We have these conversations every day with staff. They don’t have a huge technology staff or flashy initiatives, but they have done many smart, simple projects that have caught my eye. They use Yammer internally to communicate.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim Forum One found that it had a huge role to play as staff engaged in conversation and built connections with D.C. Muslim relations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The programme is incredible, but its real point is to generate conversations among the attendees. The socially-oriented ideas are flowing around here fast and furious. Like any other conference I attend, the people-meeting part, the schmoozing, is the most important. After being here a few times, it gets much easier. Doing deals.

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