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Goofing around with TrustCloud
While looking into trust marks and online reputation platforms, my latest fascination and potential inspiration for what’s next for Kabissa, I came across TrustCloud (http://www.trustcloud.com) which I can imagine having the potential to really make a difference for people who … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Open Data, Random
Tagged craigslist, facebook, linkedin, reputation, trust, TrustCloud, twitter
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Reconquering Twitter and shifting my Twitter following to @tobiaseigen
Recently a wonderful new Kabissa volunteer, Ziyanda Xaso, has taken charge of our social media outreach. Ziyanda has given me an opportunity I have been waiting for to let go of the @kabissa Twitter account on a daily basis and … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Random, Social Media
Tagged facebook, kabissa, linkedin, twitter
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Please reply – goofing around with SOCIAL WordPress Plugin
Consider your shoulder tapped. For a new site I am working on for CISLAC Nigeria, I am experimenting with the social wordpress plugin by MailChimp which apparently pushes out posts to Facebook and Twitter and then aggregates replies back here on … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Social Media
Tagged facebook, mailchimp, twitter, WordPress
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Bookmarked: I want to build this to protect my cat from the local coyotes tweetingcatdoor.com
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“Weird Al” Yankovic – Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me
There are some good lessons in this video for all of us. Listen carefully. (What I can’t get over is the irony that people take the time and effort to make media like this that criticizes us for sharing time-wasting … Continue reading
Posted in Information and Communication Technology, Social Media
Tagged email, facebook, twitter
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Social Media Explained
Perhaps it’s because “you get out of facebook what you put into facebook” and I haven’t been spending much time on facebook in recent months, my stream has been reduced to people I know sharing (“so funny! I’m stealing this … Continue reading
Setting us back while going forward: Amazee closes shop, refers members to Facebook and Google for social change organizing
I received the above message from Amazee today. Amazee is (or will be until December 23) a platform built using Drupal where people can create groups to organize around social change projects and campaigns. The makers of the site (Amazee Labs in … Continue reading
Posted in Open Data, Social Media
Tagged amazee, Drupal, facebook, Google, open source, twitter
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Twitter has changed my expectations about customer service
I am utterly spoiled by twitter, and discouraged by any organization that doesn’t use it for customer service. For example, I am feeling happier about recruiting Kabissa volunteers via VolunteerMatch.org (a US-based nonprofit) than I am about OnlineVolunteering.org (a UN … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged customer service, onlinevolunteering.org, twitter, volunteering, volunteermatch
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May Day reflections on Mailman, Facebook and the Future of Social Media for Activism
It’s May Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations organised by communists, anarchists, socialists, and activist groups. But today is not just May Day. It’s also the first day of a new month, which means that Mailman mailing list … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged activism, civicrm, diaspora, Drupal, facebook, google groups, kabissa, mailman, ning, open source, social media, twitter
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Ten Tips for Succeeding in the Global Open Challenge
Yesterday I blogged about my horrid fascination with the organizations stuck at the bottom of the Global Open Challenge Leaderboard. Today, I have ten tips to share that I think would help any organization to succeed in their Global Open … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged crowdsourcing, facebook, fundraising, globalgiving, social media, twitter
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