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SXSW: Future of Social Networks

Amy Sample Ward

Social networks will be like air.&#. After all: your friends are your friends - you shouldn’t have to re-find them everywhere you go online. 3 things need to make social networks like air: Identity - who are you? w/ openid you pick where to put your context and info. Contacts - who you know?

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Social Networks to Replace Email? NOT!!!

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She said only 11% of teens email daily and that they are using SMS (or Twitter) and social networks for communications. Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks. Furthermore, in August 2009, 276.9

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Four Tips to Protect your Online Privacy

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Many nonprofit campaigners were not surprised to learn that the government monitors average citizens'' private emails and their presence on social networks. Here’s a list of four tips to get you started in protecting your online privacy. Four Tips to Protect your Online Privacy. Use Social Network Privacy Settings.

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Facebook: Is it Worth your Nonprofit’s Time?

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Bottom line – nonprofits are having some success in connecting with new constituents and generating action, but the social network works best when requiring a low level of commitment. Like other studies have noted, social networks like Facebook are not raising much money. hours per week on the social network.

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Best Tips to Rock your Online Presence

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So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. What are you really going to implement from the online marketing plan that is packed with a lot of great ideas, but in all honestly, you just don’t have the resources to do them all. Send 2-3 emails each month.

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Relationships Matter Most (The Big Finding from the 2010 Online Giving Study from Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing)

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] By Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good When we think about giving online, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle or widget for fundraising. But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper. Analysis of cumulative online giving (i.e.,

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Great reads from around the web on July 18th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of July 18th). What can you learn? «

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