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

Media Cause

We read articles mapping out the “perfect face” according to the Greek ratio of Phi but we never question why Greek history is the arbiter of truth in many cases when much of Greek philosophy was stolen from Egypt. Last week, I listened to this podcast about beauty and colonization.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I thought the author made some good points, and ones "social change techies" would do well to keep in mind. With that in mind, I think social media and social networking hasn't entirely matured as part of long-term social change. If that's the case we'll be managing our own expectations, given enough time."

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ASKing about Art at the Brooklyn Museum: Interview with Shelley Bernstein and Sara Devine

Museum 2.0

Another recent tester mentioned that the conversation about something specific actually ended in a different gallery as he walked, but that he didn’t mind it. They would ask a question, wander around, get an answer and then circle back to the work of art. Visitors’ questions in ASK are answered by a team of interpretative experts.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

I’ve lived in Egypt. So always keep that in mind. So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. So I’m originally from Columbia. I’ve lived in the U.S. for a while. Now I live here in Spain. ” and I said, “No.