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Information Coping Skills With RSS from Amy Gahran

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Amy Gahran has some excellent self-reflections and advice about the way she reads feeds in her RSS reader. But lately, I've noticed that I'm getting my best finds via content with other people's tag streams or twitter tweets. In short, ditch the guilt, embrace the serendipity! m done scanning, I click ???mark mark all as read.???

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Connecting Up Conference: Stuart Jones - Fritz and Sauce Method for Dealing With Information Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was lucky enough to attend a breakout session called "The Fritz and Sauce Method For Dealing With Information Overload" conducted by Stuart Jones from the Old Milang School House Project. Stuart gave a great presentation on how to avoid that awful overwhelmed feeling we feel from dealing with digital information.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective. With streaming video tools that are free - like Ustream.TV - I imagine we'll see more people video streaming from professional conferences like next month's NTC Conference in New Orleans.

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Are You Going To Adopt Google+ for Professional Learning/Networking? Why or Why Not?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s a few: #1 Listen: Who are your sources that consistently provide valuable information for learning without a lot of noise? Put them on a list, in a circle, or group so you can focus on their stream and not get distracted. 6 Synthesis: On Google +, the stream flows much faster.

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My New Year’s Resolution: Balancing Solitude and Connectedness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve discovered some wonderful discussion threads about one of my favorite topics: Information Overload and Strategies for Coping. As George Siemens points out the issue of information overload is not new. Paginator: These tools organize your social sources and streams into neat and organized pages.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Crafting a Successful Third Generation.

ASU Lodestar Center

Savvy nonprofits will fulfill their organizations mission by diversifying their income stream. Bush, Ph.D. Manager of Curriculum Design & Innovation, ASU Lodestar Center Working as a nonprofit professional in the current economic environment can be challenging — and sometimes discouraging.

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Using Twitter for a Global Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

Using hashtags lets you mark your message as pertaining to a certain topic, then automatically include that message in a stream with everyone else’s that include the same hashtag. What do those # mean? That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation.