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Notes About Mobile, Digital Trends, and Social Media Leadership from Knight Digital Media Center Workshop

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Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” Sample survey. Digital Leadership.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 4: Adventures in Self-Publishing

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This is the final segment in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This posts explains why and how I self-published The Participatory Museum. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. Why Self-Publish?

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

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Establish local networks of individuals and organizations using social media to help build stronger organizations and more participatory societies. The implementation team was in the conference room in San Francisco for the first time, plus we had in-country leaders on Skype and phone.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 3: My Experience

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This is the third in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. This post covers my personal process of encouraging--and harnessing--participation in the creation of The Participatory Museum. As the participatory content review progressed well, I started looking for other ways for people to help.

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Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Clay’s book talks about the implications of a society shifting from passive consumption of media to creators of media or being participatory. You don’t need fancy computers to harness cognitive surplus; simple phones are enough. They will help when they are invited to.

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Nonprofit Disruption: Evolving Models of Engagement and Support

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We do this not only to stay in the spirit of the participatory engagement styles that are now emerging, but also because the findings represent only the present moment in a story that is far from concluding. Nothing is settled about how even the most relevant and impactful advocacy organizations engage constituencies or attracts resources.

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Trusting community organizers to build a multiracial democracy

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The power-building organizations—and the community members who engaged voters, conducted research and polling, gathered signatures, organized phone and text banking – and made sure the policies were implemented effectively. A trust-based dynamic between power-building organizations and funders.

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