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Facebook Campaigning in Romania

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The social impact landscape in Romania is complex and exciting – you can see struggle and hope, fear and enthusiasm mixed in every conversation and every presentation. The slides are below as well as some notes.

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Restart Romania Social Justice Challenge Spotlights User-Generated Content

Tech Soup

To get diverse perspectives from TechSoup Global staff about user-generated content, we asked Marc Manashil, Community Evangelist for NetSquared, to share how challenges like Restart Romania enable users to get engaged at all levels. Restart Romania: A Spectrum of Engagement. By all accounts, Restart Romania was a huge success.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. Social Media, NGOs, and Romania View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania. Gave examples of how to tag the presentation. Conclusion.

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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

Chris Worman, senior director of alliances and community engagement at TechSoup, founded TechSoup Romania and was heavily involved in ReStart Romania and TechSoup's other open community challenges. For example, they profiled a father who was fighting to get speed bumps put in his neighborhood. Video : TechSoup Romania.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Romania: TechSoup Romania took over to discuss how to tell your story in six words with Georgiana Ilie , journalist and storytelling trainer. The most famous example of the 6-word exercise is Hemingway's "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" – a tale of loss.

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Community-Building Tweet Chat on July 17: Contests and Challenges

Tech Soup

Our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and NetSquared challenges are just a few examples of how we get our community members engaged at multiple levels. Nic will share examples of the great results Spiceworks has had with contests, including the choice of its mascot, SpiceRex.

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The Social Web is Not Flat

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've played the game outside of the US - bringing it to Cambodia, UK, Australia, and Romania. For example, when I did this workshop in Australia, I met Dr. Linda Kelley who had just finished an analysis of the technographics of Australian museum goers. My cards all have US data. I have seen the framework used in other countries.

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