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MCON13 Live Blog: Connecting with Millennials (Azita Ardakani, Lovesocial)

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Azita didn''t grow up thinking she would start a digital media agency (because that didn''t exist). Born in Iran and at age 3 moved to Canada; now in NYC. "I I saw this opportunity to help humanize voices in the digital realm and not just create pop-up communities but communicate with intention." Now more than 300,000.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. It's Not All About You: Respecting Your Users Dinosaur to Digital: A Museum Convergence Success Story. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Submitted by Jacob Colker. How do you balance online action with offline engagement?

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Guest Post: Beth Kanter's SXSWi Nonprofit Panel Roundup

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Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. Open Leadership: The Upside of Giving Up Control : A social or digital strategy often fails because the culture doesn't support it. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Letter from Participation Camp: The Digital Divide Aimee McLaughlin in Influence 5 May 2010 As a relative newbie here at Forum One, I wasnt sure what to expect when as I headed to my very first "unconference." " A key message was.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If The role of digital activism is certainly growing in the nonprofit sector (though notably less for organizations outside of the big metropolitan areas like Istanbul and Ankara).

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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