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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Drew Bernard has a review of a new guide by the good folks at Tactical Technology Collective called " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " Nonprofits are from Mars, Designers/Techies are from Venus from the alldaybuffet describes some classic communications issues between nonprofits, designers, and technology staff.

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2.0 Culture Wars: Luddites and 2.0topians

Museum 2.0

These products are entirely virtual and are distributed virtually, so the time from launch to editorial review is instantaneous. They don't just keep bookmarks, they Digg things and save them to del.icio.us. thrives on a constant stream of new applications and products. Toy stores have their toy of the year; Web 2.0

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Groundswell Book Club Part 5: Embracing

Museum 2.0

The IdeaExchange and related programs use a Digg -like interface to allow users to promote preferred suggestions. But if the content is laying fallow, reviewed by NO ONE, why not let visitors take up the mantle? The reviews attract users to new products and give them a feedback loop for responsiveness on familiar ones.

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The Future of Authority: Platform Power

Museum 2.0

So when people like me start advocating for the creation of tools and opportunities by which visitors can share their stories, reaggregate the artifacts, even rate and review each others' creations, museum professionals of all stripes get concerned. If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? Power is attractive.

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Sharing Power, Holding Expertise: The Future of Authority Revisited

Museum 2.0

So when people like me start advocating for the creation of tools and opportunities by which visitors can share their stories, reaggregate the artifacts, even rate and review each others' creations, museum professionals of all stripes get concerned. If the museum isn't in control, how can it thrive? Power is attractive.