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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. The article goes on to explain that while repressive regimes around the world may have fallen behind their tech-savvy opponents, many governments have begun to climb the steep learning curve and turn the new Internet tools to their own, antidemocratic purposes.

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Weekly Member Round Up: Technology and World Change

NTEN

World Change, by Glennharper Here at NTEN we talk about the power of technology to change the world every day - in part, by allowing unheard voices, information, and numerical data to speak in new and meaningful ways. If you are not listening to the collective voices of your Facebook page, it might be time to start. Anything we missed?

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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

It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet. Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. .” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy.

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Diversity in Design: Inclusion Won’t Fix a Broken System

Media Cause

As we look to hire BIPOC designers and amplify their voices, we also have to examine our industry definition of what “good” design is and start building a completely new system—by everyone, for everyone. . We ask BIPOC people to fit into our WHITE system, and then we act surprised when they don’t feel included or welcomed. .

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

I’ve lived in Egypt. It works in areas with slow internet. So this is really important in areas that, so, for example, in Latin America, in certain parts of Asia, in Sub-Saharan Africa, that the internet is not as fast. So it’s a great tool for areas that have low internet connection. . for a while.

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All Eyes on Egypt

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s the list: ONLINE activism: Tweet with the hashtag #Egypt to the top of the trends. Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact. Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact. Blog your hearts out!

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Women Who Tech Around the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Even worse,you don’t realize how lucky one is on the US to have freedom of expression until you encounter Internet censorship and other barriers.

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