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08 NOV 09
350 Global Day of Action: A New Bright Line for Digital Organizing SAVE
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by our own michael silberman; on HuffPo: "350 was more than just a day of action on climate change. It is rapidly becoming one of the great stories in the history of organizing. As more and more people access the tools to co-create, speak together, and self-organize, days of action like these are beginning to show us the tools and citizen leadership that will change organizing and non-profits in the same way that social media and citizen journalism transformed the news industry. For those who spend their careers at the nexus of grassroots community organizing, technology, and social change, this is quite simply as good as it gets -- at an unprecedented time of learning and change."TAGS
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video: Sean Parker, "High Order Bit: The Rise of the Network Company" SAVE
PEOPLE
worth watching, with clear but indirect messages for "networked nonprofits" as wellTAGS
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Groundcrew app for "realtime organizing", volunteering, events SAVE
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"Use the crowd coordination features of Groundcrew to bring thousands of real-life, local people together to help out nonprofits, to play city-wide games, for marketing events, for citizen reporting—for what you care about. Groups can mobilize support, simplify logistics, drive action, and respond to situations quickly."TAGS
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A special report on telecoms in emerging markets: : Mobile marvels SAVE
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Poor countries have already benefited hugely from mobile phones. Now get ready for a second roundTAGS
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Winning Campaigns: Integrating Offline and Online Strategies is Key SAVE
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"It's encouraging to see integration of online tactics and tried and true campaigns out here in "meatspace." Leveraging the strengths of online campaigning - efficient, affordable, trackable, flexible - with those of offline campaigning - targeted, long-lasting, high-impact - can make all the difference, and I've developed a few big picture best practices to help guide the way:"TAGS
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04 NOV 09
10 Ways Small Businesses Can Harness Big Crowds SAVE
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"In this post, I discuss 10 ways that your small business can leverage crowdsourcing. I’ll explain each suggestion and will recommend ways that you could take advantage of the service for your small business. I’ll include examples for each suggestion to show how a small businesses can leverage each service."TAGS
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31 OCT 09
CNN goes behind the scenes on 350.org global day of action SAVE
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"350.org managed to organize a campaign to bring carbon emissions down to a decent level on a global scale. Amazing."TAGS