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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. Read the post below or visit the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog to comment. Lesson #1: Voice. Lesson #2: Action.

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Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post is a roundup of the face-to-face we had last week in Houston to share some of the amazing lessons learned and some reflections. It also connects the social media technical assistance to results. So, for these organizations, their content pyramid also includes integrating offline w/online channels.

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5 Assumptions Every Community Manager Should Make Daily

Amy Sample Ward

Wherever you are, and whatever the kind of community you are wrangling, there are some general lessons that I recommend. I hope you’ll share your lessons, too! on social media platforms like Facebook each day. Well, those are my five; but I have no doubt there are many more lessons and assumptions out there.

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New on SSIR: First and Foremost Know Your Community

Amy Sample Ward

The piece is reposted below: Have we replicated our offline social dynamics and barriers online? As profiled in the New York Observer , Danah talked to the data uncovered in her four years of research on new media use in a presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum. What lessons have you learned? What do you think?

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Guest Post on Tactical Philanthropy: Causes, MySpace and ideablob

Amy Sample Ward

We can see (and learn a valuable lesson about) the way current ecosystem of social media works in regards to transparency, data, and community. There are many who approach the online landscape with very different views than their offline business decisions. Well, it means a lot.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 11-15, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In order to do this, they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate about social change, but don’t work within institutional walls. Trust me. They want to connect.

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KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is about participating in social media to make a positive difference and doing so on a large scale. Here’s a post that sums up 12 lessons learned. One thing that is important to point out is that built their network before they needed with years of offline organizing with young people.

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