Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Digital Protests This session will explore the role that social media plays in protests, through the lens of recent events like Iran and the American health care debate. How do you balance online action with offline engagement? A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism. Submitted by Jacob Colker.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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