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RSS is really your friend

NCE Social Media

RSS - Really Simple Syndication, can be a great time saver. RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format (from Wikipedia ). Ideaware has an outstanding article on how to harness RSS to benefit your information needs.

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NTEN Webinar: Social Media Building Blocks

Amy Sample Ward

Wikipedia says: A webinar is a neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. We’ll cover social bookmarking, tagging, RSS and more, plus the tools you can start using for free to do it all. Tags: tags webinar presentation techsoup nten bookmarks events socialmedia rss. First, what’s a web-inar?

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. If the Wikipedia community can build Wikipedia with the smallest handful of grant dollars and paid staff, what could the AIDs community do if it embraced these tools? Citizen journalism. Google Maps.

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

.&# He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

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Crowd Control

Connection Cafe

I already was following RSS and Twitter feeds associated with grammar and writing, but I’m always on the hunt for more. The point of adding information to Wikipedia is to give information seekers more information. Take a cue from Wikipedia on this one, and check out your content. I can’t help it.

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Listening Curriculum: Draft - What you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Listening by using rss feeds helps refine their services and help stay sharp and connected to experts in the field. Once people understand the value of the listening, you need to figure out what you will listen to. Use Your RSS Reader Like A Rock Star. There are many other readers - here's a comparison of features from Wikipedia.

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Crowd Control

Connection Cafe

I already was following RSS and Twitter feeds associated with grammar and writing, but I’m always on the hunt for more. The point of adding information to Wikipedia is to give information seekers more information. Take a cue from Wikipedia on this one, and check out your content. I can’t help it.