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What happens when Wikipedia isn’t enough?

March 23, 2011 11:18 am by: Angela Maldonado

Last week I had the distinct pleasure of serving on a SXSW Interactive panel—moderated by KUT’s own Dee Kapila—with two brilliant leaders in the world of non-profit technology. Phoebe Ayers from the Wikimedia Foundation and Philip Neustrom from Localwiki.org came together with me to discuss the successes and limitations of wiki communities at the global and local level. The success stories of these two organizations offer a fascinating look into what it means to be literate in today’s world but also illustrate real concerns about the perils of illiteracy when it comes to wiki technology....
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Social Media For The Social Good

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Social Media For The Social Good

Non-profits are using tools like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Foursquare to grow their base of support. ...
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Lessons Learned From the Arab Spring Revolutions

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Lessons Learned From the Arab Spring R...

The first presentation I attended at SXSW was an analysis of the Arab spring revolutions by panelists Azmat Khan, Habib Haddad, Katherine Maher, Russell Dubner, Susannah Vila, a…...
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The Inside Workings of funnyordie.com

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The Inside Workings of funnyordie.com

If you had 30 million page views a month, a deal with HBO for a weekly series and plans to start making movies, one would assume you had it all figured out.  For funnyordie.com CEO D…...
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The National Broadband Plan And You

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The National Broadband Plan And You

By: Jim Reese With a title like “The National Broadband Plan And You”, I expected Troy McClure to walk out and say something like:  ”You might remember me from…...
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Synaptic Web Summit is LIVE

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Synaptic Web Summit is LIVE

Watch The Synaptic Web Summit LIVE right here. Engage with the panelists on Twitter by using hashtag #smch3...
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Universities in the free era

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Universities in the free era

Tenure is broken, said the panelists at “Universities in the Free Era.” And it’s holding universities back, they said. Glenn Platt, Miami University Armstrong Institute…...
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Railroads, Radio and The Internet

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Railroads, Radio and The Internet

Telecommunications policy isn't flashy. It's, not particularly dramatic, and doesn't get much coverage in the press. Many people are not even aware of telecommunications policy, believing it to be the stuff of back rooms in Washington. This view is mostly correct, but there are few issues with as...
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Future of Context: Getting the Bigger Picture Online

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Future of Context: Getting the Bigger ...

Jay Rosen, Matt Thompson and Tristan Harris discuss the concept of context as it relates to journalism in the new media landscape. This American Life is a radio program produced by…...
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Online News of Tomorrow

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Online News of Tomorrow

By: Jim Reese This panel was also high on my anticipation list for SXSW ’10.  A star-studded panel of Adrian Holovaty, Andrew Huff, Brad Flora, Jeff Jarvis, and Jeremy Zila…...
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What Can Carl Sagan Teach Us About the Web?

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What Can Carl Sagan Teach Us About the...

By: Jim Reese I had high hopes for this presentation by Mark Trammell of Twitter, and it didn’t disappoint!  As far as I’m concerned, this will be the one to beat. Carl…...
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Technology For Results, Not Profits

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Technology For Results, Not Profits

A nonprofit’s business model usually focuses on grants and personal donations. But what happens when the giving starts to wane, and you’re running out of resources? In their…...
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Community Funded Reporting

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Community Funded Reporting

By Trey Hatt, SXTXstate.com for KUT Two up-and-coming media professionals discussed ways to pay for quality journalism–and neither mentioned display ads or classifieds. Da…...
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