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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. Maybe you’ve never heard of those platforms, but for some large demographics they are the hot spots online, not Facebook. Did you consider MySpace ?

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The Next Generation of Major Donors to Museums: Interview with David Gelles

Museum 2.0

Last week''s New York Times special section on museums featured a lead article by David Gelles on Wooing a New Generation of Museum Patrons. There are a couple of key demographic trends that impact this. In New York, it’s deeply woven into the fabric of the social scene. I’ve known Bob for 15 years now.

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Guest Post by Heather McLeod Grant: Reflections on the Personal Democracy Forum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Personal Democracy Forum in New York – a conference about all things digital and democracy – now in its sixth year. Submitted by Heather McLeod Grant, senior consultant at the Monitor Institute and a principal contributor to Working Wikily. How appropriate for this audience!)

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