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Goofing around with TrustCloud

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Reconquering Twitter and shifting my Twitter following to @tobiaseigen

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Please reply – goofing around with SOCIAL WordPress Plugin

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Bookmarked: I want to build this to protect my cat from the local coyotes tweetingcatdoor.com

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Tobias Eigen

http://www.tweetingcatdoor.com/

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“Weird Al” Yankovic – Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Social Media Explained

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Setting us back while going forward: Amazee closes shop, refers members to Facebook and Google for social change organizing

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Twitter has changed my expectations about customer service

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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May Day reflections on Mailman, Facebook and the Future of Social Media for Activism

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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Ten Tips for Succeeding in the Global Open Challenge

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Tobias Eigen

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 →

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