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The Last Blogpotomac: A New Community Rises from the Ashes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The audience consisted mostly of social media early adopters who shared terrific insights that come from having a sense of context. Debbas who was in Iran at the time, risking his life said, "It helped because I didn't want to die anonymously and we can discredit raising awareness.". That's rare in a conference setting.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. They’ll be voice- or gesture-controlled. The Internet in 2013. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and Internet growth continues to be brisk, especially in developing countries.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But for now, it is only the Innovators and the Early Adopters who accept it. To get beyond the Innovators and Early Adopters to the Early Majority, these stories have to have an institutional sponsor ( community-or-purpose-based or community-related ) that the Early Majority can trust. . It is essential to put power behind the story.

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