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Learning in the White Space: 5 Unintended Lessons from a Marketing Class

NTEN

A couple of weeks ago, I stepped into my first marketing class excited to learn and meet some new people in my still-smells-like-new home base in New Jersey. I wondered if we have gotten so caught up in digital social networking that we've forgotten how to do the original social networking – talking with one another!

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Hank helps older adults connect and have fun

TechCrunch

Hank is now available in the New York City area, but will expand during the second half of this year to markets including New Jersey, Florida and Texas. The first are social networking sites like Facebook and Meetup that were originally designed for people in their 20s and 30s.

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Upstream, a Miami-based professional networking platform, raises a $2.75M seed round

TechCrunch

To get a sense of the product, Upstream invited me to be the speaker at last Friday’s “Upstream Social,” where I talked about my work as a journalist and then coincidently got matched with two founders — one in Brazil and the other in Boston. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. The week before, the guest speaker was U.S.

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The Pendulum - College admissions begin using social networking tools

AFP Blog

The Pendulum - College admissions begin using social networking tools: "According to the National Association of College Admissions Counseling, about 60 percent of schools are now using social networking sites in their admissions processes.One of these schools is Monmouth University in New Jersey, which is giving applicants the choice to submit either (..)

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Has Your Organization Thought Through its Social Media Policy?

NTEN

Except the door you opened was to your social network space. Trying to raise money, you increase your social networking, adding that responsibility to one of your employees, one who is paid with grant funds. What part of social networking can be charged to program funds? Close the door! Not really.

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Several states are investigating how Instagram keeps kids on the platform

The Verge

The group, which includes officials from California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and Vermont, accuses the company of doing this despite reports that its own research showed its platform could have a negative effect on young people.

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.