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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 New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. The #jan25 Twitter hashtag also has examples of the State Department’s Arab Twitter Diplomacy.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Social Media is all.

ASU Lodestar Center

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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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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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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

I’ve lived in Egypt. So do you see in this map, WhatsApp is a top social messaging app in the world. And the last thing which is super important as how can I include the voices? They can send you a voice note also if it’s people that, you know, have a hard time writing or don’t have the time to write so much.