Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The Two Sides of the AI and Humanity Debate: I’ve been following Shel Israel for over ten years, since he interviewed for a chapter about nonprofits and Twitter in his 2009 book, Twitterville. What types of ethical principles are introduced through software programming, and how transparent should designers be about their choices?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2009

Sure, Twitter is banal and trivial, full of self-promotion and outright spam. Rheingold suggests that is an example of social media literacy: Twitter is one of a growing breed of part-technological, part-social communication media that require some skills to use productively. So is the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

One of the questions: How to address concerns about privacy, security, and avoiding spam overload that comes with social media and social network sites? Shel Israel prefers to establish a connection first. The goal is not necessarily to collect the largest number of friends, but to build relationships.

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