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What is the scaffolding for learning in public?

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Some are tool specific The Twitter Ladder or the Facebook Ladder or it may describes different levels of engagement across channels. Flickr Photo by Gary Hayes. Since networked learning happens in the context of an ecosystem, perhaps Gary Hayes Transmedia Storytelling model or Lini Srivastava’s Transmedia Activism model. .

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Mburpee. We can easily fall into the use of shorthand or brand names to describe it: it is “social media” or the internet or Twitter or Facebook. Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle.

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Measuring Engagement and Return on Relationships

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Smitty42 Lucy Bernholz has a great post called " Metrics Are Good, Unless They Are Bad " which talks about the problems we encounter when we're trying to measure hard to measure stuff - like social media, social return, and social enterprise. There is also a detailed taxonomy for types of social media conversations.

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Wiser Earth: A (free) Platform for Networks of Networks and Communities of Action

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You'll also find a detailed taxonomy of issue areas related to social justice and environmental restoration. But, the value-added is that you find and connect with other people and organizations that you may not know about - just as you would on a social network like Facebook or Twitter.

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WeAreMedia Live Workshop: Reflections

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Flickr Photo: Illustration of Participant's Learning Questions Earlier this month, we piloted the first two-day workshop on social media strategy and tools for NTEN 's WeAreMedia project. Therefore, the learning goals be more aligned with the base of Bloom's Taxonomy - more about exposure, understanding, and knowledge.

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

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Social Networks: Facebook, Myspace, and many more. Described the difference between taxonomy and folksonomy. It is important to use video, photos, and audio. Niche content. Blogs are connected - we're talking about a blogosphere. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania. Personality is important. Conclusion.

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