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Social Media and Governance: Reflections from BoardSource

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I did some live demonstrations including Twitter and Flickr. I posted a photo of them on Flickr and asked people on Twitter to share why they thought it was a valuable. We got 100 comments 5 minutes from nonprofit and other professionals sharing why they thought it was valuable. Board source.

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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Tammi Marcoullier, Lead Strategist at the GSA’s Center for Excellence in Digital Government Engagement & Outreach. And we took away some ideas that we thought many nonprofits and government agencies should consider. Federal Government has made digital communications a priority. Government.

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The Upcoming E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference in South Africa

Tech Soup

Industry, including e-waste recyclers, refurbishers, environmental auditors, and consultants, as well as policy leaders from many countries globally, will be participating in this event. Industry and policy leaders will share information on the current state of African electronics recycling and refurbishment policy and practice.

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Guest Post Vincent Stehle: Disinfecting Dirty Elections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Roadsidepictures. In recent years, there have been great strides in government transparency, due in large part to the activities of the Sunlight Foundation to pry open the hidden vaults of government data. It’s never been more true than it is today.

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Social Enterprise World Forum 2008 - Part Two

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

to the general public and to policy makers. As I noted in the previous post, it's a major part of UK and Scottish government strategy to invest in and expand the social enterprise sector. As I noted in the previous post, it's a major part of UK and Scottish government strategy to invest in and expand the social enterprise sector.

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What the Third Sector Can Learn from the Public Sector

NTEN

Flickr Photo: h.koppdelaney Transparent. Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. Are those words you usually associate with your government? We would all likely agree that it's a shame: our government should be transparent. Participatory. Collaborative. Transparent.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms. TechSoup: Telework Policies. Image Credits: Image one: Working from the beach courtesy of Citrixonline via Flickr Creative Commons.

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