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Facebook Campaigning in Romania

Amy Sample Ward

View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. Notes: In June 2010: 253,360 new users joined in Romania – Coming in 3rd in the world for adoption for the month. For context, think about it this way: in a country of 21 million, where only about 7 million have internet access , about 1 in every 20 is on facebook!

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Online Community Organizing: Start small, think big!

Amy Sample Ward

When you bring the Internet, online social tools, mobile technologies, and all the rest into the equation, you do not fundamentally change how communities organize or make change. We should approach offline action as one of many channels available to us to reach our mission. You do, though, change the scale and the opportunity.

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Five DC Social Media Week Events to Attend

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The growth of social media and the rapid adoption of internet-enabled mobile devices have changed the way Americans engage in the political process. If you are looking to squeeze in a few events this week, check out my top 5 must attend events. Digital Politics, Wednesday, February 20th.

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Great reads from around the web on July 29th

Amy Sample Ward

How Women Use the Web [REPORT] – "In the “Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet (Internet)&# report, comScore concludes that women are the digital mainstream, a group of savvy Internet explorers who are more engaged than their male counterparts, and are the primary drivers of online and group buying."

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) as a form of self expression and identification.

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New on SSIR: Letting Technology Lead

Amy Sample Ward

I blogged earlier this year about research that indicates very strongly we’ve replicated our offline social barriers and segmentation in our online social networking platforms. ( Visit danah boyd’s website for more information and research on this topic.) as a form of self expression and identification.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward. http ://www.noula.ht/index.

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