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Personal Health Data: It’s Amazing Potential and Privacy Perils

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The value to an individual is that they are able to track their health and can change their behavior to a healthier lifestyle. Now, researchers are interested in using this data to better inform public health research, but there are some thorny issues to navigate to make this a reality. How long will this data be stored?

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Wiring the Green Movement for Earth Day

Amy Sample Ward

You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network. This is a great example of providing a real, authentic voice to a global issue. Tags: issues socialchange strategy climate change earth day environment social media. It’s not going to work.

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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

is a new art form that re-uses commercial video-game environments to make animated films. Machinima with Issues Engaging and provocative uses of machinima as art, advocacy, and evidence will be presented and discussed. Next ManorMeta Mashup coming soon, enjoy this for now! ~in Machinima, derived from the words ???machine???

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. from replacing ads with art to alerts when you visit the websites of companies that threaten the environment. Panelists will include app developers of mobile web solutions for health, environment, economic empowerment, and social justice. With snacks!

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can find out what other people are saying or thinking about your topic, community, organization, program or issue area. When you find the people and you find the issues, participate. Say you want to track mentions of a particular public issue or news item. Wiki Issues. Change Issues. This can inform.

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GuideStar DonorEdge Learning Conference: Reflections from the Innovation Lab

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This campaign melded multiple ideas for a mashup and multiple dimension, campaign approach. The campaign included creating nonprofit impact videos and stories based on issue areas, such as land use, violence, obesity, volunteerism, etc. One issue would be highlighted every month. Give visibility to issues.