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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

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It originally appeared on NetSquared. However the search is still on in communities around the world for legal frameworks, ethical guidelines and technology solutions that preserve data privacy. Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed. Pundits: Stop Sounding Ignorant About Data.

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

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If there are too many unanswered questions about the impact of the technology platform, better to wait until others have been able to deliver tangible value. 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 +. Wait for maturation?

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J. Leroy says "OMG Blogging is so not Web 2.0"

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm still trying to better understand what it all means for nonprofits and maybe we just say to hell with the technology hype & buzzwords and focus on the value of collaborative outcomes that the Web 2.0 (for world to embrace integration it is necessary to focus on our goals and not on the technology.

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What is rapid attention shifting?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reminds me of this slide from an old workshop I did on how to make technology trainings more interactive. over at NetSquared failed to turn up more than a handful of nominations. despite the hype that ???everybody If you read down the comments on the flickr post, Darcy Norman says. blame the internet! :-). non-profit blogs???

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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

Submitted by Ivan Boothe, publisher of the Rootwork Blog Over at the NetSquared blog, Joe Solomon provided a great roundup of reasons people might be "jaded about social media for change" and ways they overcome it. Throughout history, they've taken a wide variety of technologies and used them strategically to move their campaigns forward.

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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

Not buying into social media/Facebook hype. A loosely coupled group of nonprofit techies and social change activists decided to use the tag "NpTech" to identify web resources that would create an ongoing stream of information to promote and educate those working in nonprofit technology. 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

The NTC is the nonprofit technology's field largest gathering. Technology in Arts Conference The 2007 Technology in the Arts Conference is over but the conversations and resource sharing still continue on the conference wiki. To keep up with what the arts community is doing in technology and the social web, follow the blog.

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