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NTEN We Are Media Project: Week 1 - How Can Your Nonprofit Organization Avoid Drinking the Web 2.0 Kool-Aid.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The expression "drinking the Kool-Aid" has come to mean that " one has embraced a particular philosophy or perspective ," although the expression " Don't Drink The Kool-Aid" is a reference to the 1978 cult mass-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.

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Adventures in Participatory Journalism: An Interview with Sarah Rich about 48 Hour Magazine

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And it was a sort of question in our heads: do you have a higher probability of getting great creative work from people because we made it fun and not burdensome? For example, we received a photo essay that featured images taken months ago in French Guyana. And that vagueness definitely did enhance the overall content.