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I hope Gavin puts his witty comments on Social Search into a blog post at his digital dinner.

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I decided to do an action learning experiment on these questions: What are some useful techniques social search techniques that might yield richer leads than traditional techniques? To challenge my set ways of doing traditional Internet research (are ya laughing now Gavin?),

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The Answer to Sean's Question: Tools for Effective Listening

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Some tools and techniques follow below. Click on the RSS button in the results page. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. You can also use RSS to "listen" for mentions of your organization in the news. s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms. Technorati. Technorati.

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Are They Listening Carefully or Not At All?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some tools and techniques follow below. Click on the RSS button in the results page. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. You can also use RSS to "listen" for mentions of your organization in the news. s Quick Guide for RSS Feeds for Educators - has advice on setting up search terms. Technorati. Technorati.

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What's your (blog) Conversation Strategy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Public conversation has been happening on the Internet since it started - via listservs, newsgroups, and online forums. So, what's your replying to comments technique or strategy? When ever there is a new comment, Commentful notifies you via email, RSS Feed or you can install an extension for Firefox. Co.Comments.

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Information Coping Skills for Memory Loss? Writing it down.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'll explain why in a minute) Someone posted the url to a listserv. Many times, I'm asked by newcomers to RSS readers what is the best way to get started is finding blogs to read. It's part of helping people to easily adopt RSS readers as an information coping skill. I slapped a list of blogs in my wiki for me. Absolutely true!

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

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Nonprofit Software (and hardware) Ryan at PicNet hacks Email to RSS for NTEN Affinity Groups ! TechSoup has RSS feeds too! David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. Later I'll show you how an efficient way to keep tabs on your watchlists using a RSS Reader). Step 5: RSS As Information Coping Tool. RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication. RSS makes it possible for you to ??????subscribe??????

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