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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. This was when groups first started to come together to self-organize online.”. There is some organization, but mostly the activity is far more distributed than orchestrated campaigns. Nash won the riding.

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Social Citizens: How Social Media Can Help Social Problems

Mindjumpers

Tweet Last week, Facebook finally revealed their much hyped “life saving” feature: the organ donor status. This has sparked our interest towards other examples of how brands and charity organizations have managed to use social media as a platform to help social problems through user engagement.

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Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is Now Called Globe Life Park in Arlington

Bill Hartzer

Back in 2004, the Texas Rangers sold the naming rights to a company called Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and renamed what was then The Ballpark in Arlington to Ameriquest Field in 2004. Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC. Admin Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC. Tech Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC.

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37 Speakers To See at State of Search 2014

Bill Hartzer

Back in 2004, I hand-picked about 16 of the best Search Marketers in Dallas to join me at a hotel conference room to talk about search. Be sure to see my session if you have anything to do with organic search. After all these years, I still cannot believe that it’s come this far. Brandy Eddings. Brent Csutoras.

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

“Our objective is to bring the SPVM closer to the community and our use of social media helps us do this,” said Melissa who is a graduate of the University of Laval with a degree in journalism and has been a communications officer with the SPVM since 2004. It was stressful, because I knew I was representing a public organization.”.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

The Social Media 100 is a project by Chris Brogan dedicated to writing 100 useful blog posts in a row about the tools, techniques, and strategies behind using social media for your business, your organization, or your own personal interests. December 2004. November 2004. October 2004. September 2004. August 2004.

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What Do We Need to Teach About Knowledge Work? | Computer Writing and Research Lab

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In this white paper, I take a postcritical stance (Selber 2004). Knowledge works primary product is knowledge, which is circulated across and through organizations. Knowledge work tends to be organized in distributed, heterogeneous networks rather than in modular hierarchies such as those Marx described (1990).

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