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Does Your Nonprofit Need Some Data Therapy?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And while I haven’t done an in-depth map of this space, I keep thinking that a network of intermediaries (people who teach skills, connect skilled volunteers, generate discussion — those data nerds ) is missing.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Indirect Content. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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What Can Nonprofits Learn from Robin Good, the Best Content Curator on the Planet?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One 21 century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. He kindly put together two mind maps with links to tools that are free and easy to get started with. One reason content curation is becoming more and more appreciated because of the huge amount of information available on the web. The Practice.

Content 101
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Riffing on David Armano's Listen, Learn, and Adapt: Need Your Organization's Adaption Stories!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm also using this for the upcoming WeAreMedia Workshop in San Francisco which has a section on experiments and measurement. As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious. Combine with other measures and qualitative data.

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Notes from the Future: Reflections on the IMLS Meeting on Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century

Museum 2.0

How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? How do you measure and articulate the value of museums and libraries? I would prefer us to try to “learn what the community does, map how we could improve or support what they do, and fill in the white space.” Who owns the stuff? Who controls the experience?

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