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Context Is Everything: Online Communities

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Flickr Photo BirkgetKing. Dealing with good and bad buzz - Pete Snyder, formally of New Media Stratedgies (now part of Meredith Corporation) and most recently a run for Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor talks about the need to track good & bad online buzz for clients.

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Tech Local: New 501 Tech Clubs

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flickr: Eva the Weaver. Virginia : We've partnered with Richmond-based ConnectVA to bring you the latest Tech Club. NTEN's local meet up groups have been popping up all across the US over the last few months. It's been exciting to talk to new organizers and get the clubs up and running.

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: Looking at the Big Picture!

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Flickr: vnoel It's member round-up time again and this week we're seeing members looking at the big picture, whether it's for the work they do or the work we can all do together. Have more news to share? Drop us a line or include your links in the comments!

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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

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DC Metblogger Flickr Photo. Virginia Debolt who covers the technology beat at BlogHer has a great roundup of the reactions. Almost exactly two years ago, the One Laptop Per Child launched. I blogged it and was initially very excited! Tharum was disappointed too. TechSoup Blog also reports.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

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Image by Codilicious from Flickr. I’m kicking off the training day with a couple of campfire stories about the benefits of online contests and how to build capacity before, during, and after such a campaign as well as highlight some stories from the audience.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

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I was particularly interested in examples using blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube, and Facebook. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. Here's the description of how they used flickr for the exhibition.

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New Year's Resolution: Do Something About That Pile of E-Waste

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My Flickr Photo from a visit to Freegeek in Portland, Oregon. They work in Virginia, Delaware, and North Carolina. Earlier this month, I was in Portland, Oregon and had an opportunity to visit FreeGeek , a computer recylcing organization. It got me thinking about the computer graveyard that is my home office.