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Net2 Think Tank Round-Up: User Generated Content

Amy Sample Ward

This month’s Net2 Think Tank topic focused on user generated content. Can User Generated Content Create Unique Community Opportunities? Ana at JelloBrain has a terrific post discussing the relationship between user generated content and the organizations and infastructure on which that content is posted.

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The Next Generation of Networked Social Change: Embracing the Share Economy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. This is part of the Sharing Economy with the most transformative potential: the ability to address societal inequities and envision new ecological solutions.

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July NetSquared Think Tank Round-Up: Building a Culture of Accessibility

Tech Soup

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. With 20% of the American population having some form of disability (and 40% of the Baby Boomer generation potentially developing a disability by 2030), being able to create a culture where all can access technology is critical. Gmail Motion.

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Got Social Media Policy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The other day, Matt Sharp shared this link to a social media policy generator called the Social Media Policy Tool. It reminded of the Postmodernism Thesis Generator could spit out a thesis for you in minutes. Netsquared is running a thinktank on this topic and you contribute your ideas here. How did you educate people?

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Developing Apps with a Community-Centered Approach

Tech Soup

Like TechSoup's other community-driven tech-innovation initiatives — the NetSquared challenges , the ReStart movement , and Apps4Warsaw — Caravan Studios' work is informed first and foremost by the needs of the community itself. That is the mission of Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup.

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Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts

Tech Soup

Ushahidi , winner of the 2008 NetSquared Challenge first attracted widespread attention for their work aggregating and mapping real-time reports from victims and relief workers in the violent aftermath of the 2007 Presidential election (see Ushahidi's legacy page for an archived version of this amazing tool). read more.

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What TechSoupers Are Doing to Ensure Their Online Security: Part 1

Tech Soup

As I said in one of my recent posts on Internet privacy , "M ost or all of us feel like we're drowning in passwords." It also has a secure password generator. Eli van Der Giessen , NetSquared community manager, reveals: "One feature I like is Sharing. It is easy to use and also has a password generator."

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