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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

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At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process. Please keep in mind . While clever, our solutions could simply not overcome the maddening math nor achieve the requisite access levels to scale.

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He also makes a false distinction between online/offline or as Allison and I have called it “online and onland&# activism. One key point is that Internet bolsters strong ties directly and indirectly. I’ve been watching some people’s minds work on the service for years. She Jillian York’s critique.

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Steven Cliff's Notes - Saving Internet 1.0 Whatever, MySpace has over 80% of the total market of social networking site users according a recent report by hitwise, but keep in mind it represents 6.5% of Internet visits. Traditional offline/online fundraising techniques still, of course, work. Extreme Email Makeover.

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