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The Impact of Connectivity in the Future: Everything Is Connected, Cows will Tweet

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The quote that stood out for me that sums it all best and it is from the founder of Code for America’s founder, Jennifer Pahlka , “What if we felt about government the way we feel about our iphones?” ” Dave analyzes trends and technologies to predict what is next on the horizon.

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Network-centric Organizations: The Key to Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits may choose to involve the public through technological venues such as e-mail, text messaging, and social networking platforms. They can also tap into existing social networks for greater involvement and create opportunities for interested parties to come together and discuss important issues.

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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

There are so many big questions about the connected world we live and how it transforms our society, as this opinion piece from CNN discusses. They are accustomed to thinking that a government controls its citizens — that a film or documentary cannot be produced without government approval. ” Widad E.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

However, today, we have Zuckerberg discussing a privacy-focused future on Facebook. . As a fundraiser, I understand all of these matters impact nonprofits, and the trend is leaning—hard—toward privacy and donor data protection. . Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4

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Six Social Media Week Events to Check Out

Care2

In social media, this event generated over 8,000 tweets using the #give2max hashtag and daylong trending in the Washington region. Join us for the discussion with players of last November’s giving day to see how they were able to leverage social media for fundraising and doing good. Learn more here. Learn more here.

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Can Social Media Create and Spread Revolution?

Care2

Another important factor in this debate is that the Egyptian government shut down the internet. There have also been reports of the government cutting off mobile carriers. The Iran related hashtags also trended on Twitter. Yet due to old fashion organizing on the ground, the protests have escalated.

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

Forum One

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.