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Are You Going To Adopt Google+ for Professional Learning/Networking? Why or Why Not?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

5 Weaving: This technique works on any platform. This was very true for Twitter as well as Facebook. Google + also offers an additional way of doing this – the group video hangouts. Imagine impromptu small group discussions. #5 6 Synthesis: On Google +, the stream flows much faster.

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It closely follows Gartner's Technology Hype Cycle. The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. Maybe I'm jaded. Technology Trigger. Inflated Expectations. Trough of Disillusionment. Slope of Enlightenment.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am also experimenting with techniques for network weaving across platforms and curating content related to effective practice of networked nonprofits. I am avoiding spamming all three networks with cut and paste streams. Have you been exploring the potential of Google+ for your nonprofit or social activism?

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