Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays. There are many opportunities to see hashtags in action! Narrow your focus.

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Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

While much of the US media has focused on the recent release of Roxana Saberi after being falsely accused of spying in Iran, other cases similar remain unresolved. Haratounian's family has set up a web site and invited the public to sign an appeal to Iran?s s government using your voice to help Silva regain her freedom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Here's a few examples: Shireen Mitchell who I had never met face-to-face but who generously provided information about people of color and the social web via Twitter while I doing a workshop demo. It helped me write this post - " What Color is the Social Web? ".

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. They’ll be voice- or gesture-controlled. They’ll provide you with directions, reminders, entertainment, web searches, and instant access to your home, office, or friends. There are now 2.4

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2007

Players used all manners of Web 2.0--blogs, I've spent several hours perusing the WWO time machine, finding the voices, images, and missions most interesting and applicable to my lifestyle. Even better if it comes from visitors/players and the authorative voice doesn't have to take a position. I wasn't ready.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Care2

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. During the Iran protests in February of 2011, a woman who was raped, sexually assaulted and beaten once she was identified as a "rioter" simply for voting, had no voice and little way to speak out about her experience. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice?

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