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Google + for Social Change Activists: Dive in Early or Wait?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve been noticing that I tend to get more engagement on technology posts than social engagement posts, although when I worked hard at stirring the pot, there have been a few productive conversations. The problem with Google + as it stands right now (and it will be changing) is that lack of community features and mainstream adoption.

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Back From the Net2 Conference

Have Fun - Do Good

The last week has been all about getting ready for, and going to, the NetSquared Conference (thus no new blog posts since last Thursday), but I'm back home now and getting back into a normal schedule. Let your audience grow and create your product. Have more Inbound messages from your audience than Outbound messages to your audience.

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A Look at Nonprofits and Vlogging

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There has been online conversation during the past couple of weeks on vlog list , Netsquared , TechSoup and Blogher. " A nonprofit just beginning to incorporate video into their web presence notes on a recent Netsquared post , "We don't have that much capacity to do video work, so its kind of catch-as-catch-can."

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

Why should consumers buy Fair Trade Certified products? Paul Rice, the founding president and CEO of the Oakland based nonprofit, TransFair USA , answers these questions and others in an interview for the Big Vision Podcast. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. What difference does a cup of Fair Trade coffee make?

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

Since turning vegetarian over a year ago due to self consciousness about the unsustainable nature of meat production, he has been trying to think of solutions that could better engage people to change their current habits for collective good. What are the implications of such a tool on our production-heavy consumption-driven society?

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App Recommendations from TechSoup Staff: Part Two

Tech Soup

Elijah van der Giessen, NetSquared Community Manager. Carlos Bergfeld, Product Content Manager. Bill Tompkins – Product Implementation Manager. Downcast – is for downloading and listening to podcasts on your phone without the need to sync with iTunes. Yelp – for restaurant and other reviews.

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It's all about the learning and insomnia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the end, the key around these practices is that when we engage all or part of the group in the production of our "learning artifacts" -- we all learn more AND we make some of that learning available to others. The act of production is an act of meaning making. This was done quite successfully at netsquared conference.