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Building a Digitally Literate Community

Tech Soup

They provide venues in which patrons and students can engage with, discuss, share, remix, and create information." And what if government agencies and corporations better supported these efforts? The ALA's report describes the burden placed on libraries by government offices, businesses, and schools moving services online.

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How Mature Is Your Nonprofit’s Social Media Practice?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The nonprofit’s social media policy formalizes the value and vision for social media use and networked approach and encourages “outsiders&# or free agents to help with implementation. T This board is also using social media as part of its governance role.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness program has long supported projects to help Foundation grantees improve management, governance, and leadership. Emergent collaboration takes place when your supporters remix your content and share with their friends.

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Crowdsourcing Campaign Videos: Let Your Members Be the Messengers

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Earth Day, Remixed. The final result, Biz Markie’s Earth Day Remix , exceeded expectations by gaining over 1 million views and getting covered by numerous outlets, including ABC News and CNN. What if you wanted to showcase 1.8 million activists from across the country delivering a single message and have it be entertaining?

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12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights

Tech Soup

Let's say you or even one of your supporters remixed a video that included a sample of copyrighted music, and this video was linked from your website. In addition, organizations might not realize that by receiving government funding, they can become a target for "bad actors" in media and politics. Future Threats.