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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Talked about the problem of wiki spam and how easy it is to administrator. Described the difference between taxonomy and folksonomy. Wiki: Collective brain of humanity.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) Process Steps One important lesson is that you should really spend the time framing the problem or your goal. I was not able to find a taxonomy for social network analysis tools. and this is not meant as a play with words). The tools. Low-Tech Approaches.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

Brigade will merge Votizen and Causes to create a political organizing site that will that will “tackle the problem of declining citizen power and engagement in democracy.” The big news is that the new draft taxonomy is now live and online and open to public comment. Perhaps demise is too strong a word, then.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Act 1: The Problem. For a more detailed definition of tags, see the Wikipedia entry here. re not creating a formal taxonomy, rather it???s If you have questions about tagging or want to share your organization???s Users add tags to describe online items, such as images, videos, bookmarks or text. sharpie.??? s a folksonomy.