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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ivan Booth is doing a meet up and live stream for the Philly Netsquared meet up on August 2nd at 6:00 PM EST about Google +. Moderate Approach: Understand the argument for an early investment but will also insist on a sound cost/benefit analysis when new ways of doing things are not yet fully proven.

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NpTech Summary: Social Networking Strategies and Nonprofits: Getting Beyond Shiny Object Syndrome and Getting More Precise Practices

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I hope to go deeper on one theme rather than cover many resources superficially. Nonprofits need to look at objectives and resources, target their audiences, and think about multi-channel efforts before jumping on the Let's Use Facebook bandwagon. (I Not buying into social media/Facebook hype. As Geoff points out: What???s

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NpTech Tag Summary: Chimp Personality, Convio Open API, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In " The Social Web Ain't Rocket Science " Worldchanging blogger Jon Lebkowsky reminds us that blogs, wikis, and social networking sites may not be appropriate for all nonprofits and that hype and pressure shouldn't drive adoption decisions or they may not be successful. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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The Struggles and Strategies of Online Organizing: An Interview with Leda Dederich

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A couple weeks ago, I did an interview for the NetSquared Podcast with Leda Dederich, the creator of the dotOrganize project, and co-author of the report "Online Technology For Social Change: From Struggle to Strategy." The first one is looking at information resources. Below is a transcript of the interview.