Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. What do those # mean? Narrow your focus.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2009

Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online - NYTimes.com - Watching the #IranElection hashtag stream on Twitter, more and more videos on YouTube and the BBC, and the way citizens create and the global networks share updates about the reality of post-election mayhem in Iran has distracted me from work and ignited many conversations with friends (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

In general, views were great, the conversations were not. The ability to stream video directly from a mobile phone (i.e. However, an alarming proportion of those views were accompanied by vitriolic, hateful and ignorant comments. WITNESS also weighs the pros and cons of sharing material online.

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