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Cognitive Surplus - Use Social Connectivity to Change the World.

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Harnessing the power of the collective (crowdsourcing for social change) is a thread woven throughout Cognitive Surplus , and its viability requires two of Shirky’s assertions to be accurate.

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Please Help Me Pick a New Look For My Blog

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Option 3, for some reason, reminds me of a news station web site. link] Social Email Guy By the way: nice crowdsourcing / co-creation / collaboration Chris Rogers I initially like #3 best, however, not a big fan of the screened back logo – i.e. if #3 was a bit less busy, it would be my favorite. 2 many words I guess?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Crowdsourcing: Beyond the Basics Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? Such a cool site!

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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link] DudeBlogYourBusiness RT @jaybaer: Tying Together Social Media and Corporate Social Responsibility [link] – it can only do you good! Not to mention there are more benefits from using social networking sites showing every day.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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This means your content should be capable of easily sharing through the major social networking sites as well as any niche sites your market is using. For instance, a static web page on a site can be shareable but it is certainly not a strength of a static page. A Facebook profile update is very shareable.

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The Truth About the iPad | Blogging and Content Creation | Social.

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Using the iPad to do something as mundane as check headlines on your local newspaper’s Web site becomes a visceral, tactile experience as your ability to touch and move content redefines the physiology of the task. It’s fast, it’s seamless, and it’s enthralling. Same with email.

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Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? | E.

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Free access to premium news sites such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, free iTunes downloads, and for the kids free access to Nick Jr. Imagine a customer-only network chock full of ‘In Network’ freebies that you can ONLY get while on ‘location’ (in this case at a Starbucks).

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