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Great reads from December 12th through December 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Roundup: 50 suggestions for how President-elect Obama can use the Internet to govern | Social Signal - Interesting ideas, some more doable than others of course, for how social media could be put to use under the Obama presidency. Check out the discount! Check out how Tyson agreed to donate 70,000 lbs of food!

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My wish for Web 2.5

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ). I now have accounts at del.icio.us, ma.gnolia, furl, and stumbleupon. It lets you bookmark to multiple sites with one click. It’s a great idea, I think.

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Social Media 101 TweetChat Recap: Tagging

Tech Soup

While it is a feature of many social sharing sites, often times those very sites do not provide beginner-friendly instructions on how to use tags effectively. To understand why tagging is found on so many social sharing sites it helps to understand why tags exist in the first place.

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Google +: The Trade Off Between Privacy Needs, Community, and Social Context

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let’s consider the list of most used forms: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ (assuming all continues to go well), LinkedIn, FourSquare, Gowalla, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, and your own site. As my colleague Geoff Livingston points out, nonprofits have limited time. It is our most valuable commodity. Let’s face it.

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The Perils of Popularity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A lthough neither Digg.com, StumbleUpon or NetVibe purports to be a social network, replacing a Facebook, each is a leader in new forms of social Internet use. StumbledUpon is social search that lets users unearth sites that might be interesting to them. " That's why the article grabbed my attention.

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Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

So, all browsers keep bookmarks – it helps one easily go back to and find sites that you go to regularly. These days, most browsers have a nice bookmark bar – that really helps organize sites you visit regularly. And then, I’ll ask myself some questions about it. bookmarks to ma.gnolia.) Its great for lunch hours!

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How To Think Like A Nonprofit Social Marketing Genius: What's Your Brilliant Thought?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You'll want to identify easy, simple first projects that flow from your organization’s internet marketing plan. You can also share the impact of your organization's programs through podcasts, sharing photos on Flickr, or videos on YouTube or other video sharing sites. The important thing is having the conversation.