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Thank You, Gerardo!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs. He also championed an open source ethos so that our work can be broadly shared (you can view all our open source projects on GitHub ).

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Great reads from around the web on May 20th

Amy Sample Ward

"After running successful community websites in London's challenging Kings Cross I wanted to help other communities achieve the same sense of empowerment and communication. Tags: roundup bookmarks. " Flickr Photo Download: Twitter trending topics - Anatomy of a hashtag as trending topic from Meg Pickard on Flickr. ."

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Trainer’s Notebook: Tips for Good Openings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States. … Read More

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Great reads from around the web on September 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Like a farmer who invests love and labor day after day watching her/his fields slowly yield beautiful fruits and vegetables, community developers must tend to their community and build relationships through thoughtful interactions, valuable content, and empowerment methods.

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7 Things That Social Media Will Enhance

NCE Social Media

Empowerment of niches communities and small businesses – It used to be that only in a city someone could find others with a shared interest in an area outside of popular culture. Consumer empowerment – Not sure if Burger King is still doing so but they used to run the slogan ‘Have it your way’.

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What’s the ROI of Online Voting and Fundraising Contests?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Will the contest provide a meaningful opportunity for stakeholder empowerment? Tags: Fundraising ROI Strategy agc2 case foundation contests. Can we follow up with new stakeholders that we connect with? Will winning have a positive impact on our mission or ability to deliver programs? Will the contest provide any long term benefits?

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

Yes you can claim that anyone has the power to blog, but that’s really only the people who have access to the tools and the time and the empowerment. Tags: community issues causes data facebook future myspace openweb ssir. Do you have ideas or feelings about the questions above? What other questions do you want answered?

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