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Great reads from around the web on June 15th

Amy Sample Ward

7 Social Media experiments we tried with the 99% Power Coalition | NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org – Joe Solomon does a great job sharing the tools, tactics, and mini-campaigns used in the recent 99% Power Campaign. They work in tandem with a nationwide network of member food banks in the fight to end hunger.

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Change.org is Hiring Bloggers for Social Action Blog Network

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blogging job activism

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Help with world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. A loosely coupled group of nonprofit techies and social change activists decided to use the tag "NpTech" to identify web resources that would create an ongoing stream of information to promote and educate those working in nonprofit technology. And if you???re

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

1: New + Tech = Resistance New + Tech + Education = Adoption Think about what the technology adoption curve. The key to crossing the chasm to adoption is education, awareness, and discussion internally. And, at that point you should play a violin piece! This pattern is the same no matter the tools. Especially in this economy.

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

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PR: I got interested in issues of hunger and poverty when I was in college, and was particularly interested in rural poverty in the developing world, and started studying ways to approach that, alternative ways to approach that. Transcription by CastingWords Fair Trade coffee Transfair

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Or suppose you were leading a program to educate young people about violent behavior in dating relationships. Nonprofit organizations, libraries, and educational institutions are experimenting with "user-generated" or community-powered campaigns. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest.

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