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Social Media and Mobile for Real Time Professional Learning at Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, the City of San Jose is trying to save money by turning off the street lights in the city. As Nelson comments in the video, this particular gathering was a small enough for them to design a simple pilot to test out the technology and learn how they might use it in their annual nonprofit day.

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Some Vlog Posts from Blogher Meetup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

David Weinberger hosed his laptop and apparently after cursing on his blog and breaking the "shit" and "fuck" barrier face-to-face in the room ( !@#$% laptop ) went on to deliver a brilliant keynote speech, including slides that had HTML tags with instructions like Talk About Tagging Here. So, here's a few video clips.

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The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop launches today!

Museum 2.0

This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. Casting it as a walk-through tutorial, with a bit of interaction thrown in, will hopefully turn arduous "instructions" into a fun and informative experience.

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Can Mobile Phones Solve Homelessness?

Tech Soup

However, the San Jose-based nonprofit, Community Technology Alliance (CTA), had a hunch that cellphones might be a surprisingly good place to start getting employment and becoming self-sufficient. Instruction needed to be completely individualized. Please visit the site to view this video). Please comment below.