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Smoked Lobster Day!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We issued our first official press release about the award and immediately had a great article in the San Jose Mercury News. The same article was on the cover of the Palo Alto Daily News with a great picture of Claire O'Brien, our newly promoted Collection Development Manager, scanning a book. 99,999 more books to go!

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Breakthrough Philanthropy - Thiel Foundation event

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last night I had the privilege of attending the Breakthrough Philanthropy event put on by Peter Thiel's foundation, covered in the local press with articles like "Silicon Valley billionaire backs futuristic philanthropy" from the San Jose Mercury News. The foundation spotlighted eight unusual nonprofit groups.

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Approach Social Media Like Thomas Edison

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many of them, like the lightbulb , the phonograph , and the motion picture camera , were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. Opera San Jose Case Study. Opera San Jose gave a presentation on its #operaplot hashtag contest where participants has to tweet the plots of operas in 140 characters.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He discusses a way of seeing both the big strategic picture and the smaller immediate tactics. Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag. I had a funny picture of a Squirrel and shouted out Squirrel at random points during the presentation. 3: Use conversation starters to engage your target audience.

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The Tech Virtual Museum Workshop launches today!

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This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. This picture was taken at the end of a building class in our virtual sandbox. It's also been a fun team development experience for staff here.

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