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Theatre Flashmobs on YouTube and Swarms of Theater Goers on FourSquare

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Photo by Neatonjr. Foursquare is a location-based social network.      Think of it as a social network where your status up is not what you're doing, but where you are.   In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

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Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008.

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Museums and Flickr

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" So, I thought I'd use a screen capture of the photo inside flickr instead, but wasn't sure whether I could. Jim laughed and told me that the photo was in the public domain so I could blog it anyway I wanted and that he was going to change the default license. In this way, photos could be shared internally without worries.

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Last Chance to Vote for Nonprofit SXSW Panels: Closes September 4th

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Submitted by Ted Fickes Networking Good: How to Win Money and Mobilize People! Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money. This panel will explore various innovative and creative uses of social media and online technology to support the local food movement.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

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Why not send us your own photos and join the discussion here at The Great Tate Mod Blog? The Collection of photographs found on the site are pulled in from Flickr using a Flash-base mashup. The Shooting Script Colonizing Social Spaces , looked more broadly at the benefits and drawbacks of museums utilzing social networking sites.

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

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photo of Lucy Bernholz live blogging during the Northern California Grantmakers Briefing. Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. " Jayne Cravens from Coyote Communications offers advice and commentary for nonprofit organizations about online social networking. " Web 2.0, 20 practices.

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Joe Solomon, Guest Post: What's the Right Offline Event for Your Organization's Online Community?

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We need offline events to meet each other, bond eye-to-eye, and forge the collaborations that will make our social networks stronger, better connected, and ultimately transformative. Meta-social networks (like WiserEarth ) and online coalitions (like Science Commons ) might benefit a lot too! Then check out.

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