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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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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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Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

She uses her superpowers-her voice, sense of adventure and belief in the transformative power of community-to help organizations design programs that create unrestricted revenue, volunteers and advocates. Egypt I volunteer! The sixth guest blogger in my Have Fun, Do Good series is Desiree Adaway. It’s what I love.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

Social media, particularly, have proven to be powerful and exceedingly important, especially as we watch the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. Convergence" makes the following assertion: "To have a credible voice in this [technologically advanced] environment, nonprofits need to empower everyone in their organization to be a spokesperson."

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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

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. Co-create narratives with global partners that are based in local voice and respect for local communities, and invest in building networks that aim at community vitality.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Mideastyouth.com is creating platforms and web applications that amplify diverse voices advocating for change throughout the Middle East and North Africa using digital media. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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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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