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Guest Post by Michaela Hackner: Community Matters Even At SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. South by Southwest reinforced the true value of connecting like-minded groups in person — particularly in our field. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere. And am I ever energized.

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Community Matters, Even at SxSW

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But beyond all of the hype and noise, the most dominant theme I keep coming back to is that community is and always will be King. South by Southwest reinforced the true value of connecting like-minded groups in person — particularly in our field. We also "checked in" using FourSquare and Gowalla everywhere.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the comments on Joe's blog post was from Texans Against Hunger. I thought the author made some good points, and ones "social change techies" would do well to keep in mind. With that in mind, I think social media and social networking hasn't entirely matured as part of long-term social change.