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Slacktivism and Clicktivism debate? You’re boring me.

I wrote a quick blog post Tuesday on the MAP site (“Clicktivism Schmicktivism.  Move on, literally.”) in response to Micah White’s article in the Guardian on Clicktivism and the demise of Digital Activism. It similarly compared digital activism and marketing, but added a bit about strategy.  You can check it out to read more.

I wanted [...]

SXSW Panel: Ending the Lazy Discourse of Digital Activism (Vote if you like it!)

I’ve submitted a panel for SXSW, and if you like the topic (and only if you like it, as I don’t support having a popularity contest about it, as it does no one any good!), please consider giving us a vote!

Ending the Lazy Discourse of Digital Activism

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We’ve been asking the same questions about digital activism for [...]

Digital Activism Decoded is Officially out on Amazon

You can find Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change on Amazon now.  My chapter is on the Digital Divide.

From Amazon:

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This book is useful for the average reader interested in the phenomenon of digital activism, as well as digital activists like myself. . . . [T]his comprehensive guide to the growing phenomenon [...]

Digital Activism Decoded: Book available for download!

Digital Activism Decoded: The New Mechanics of Change is now available for download on the Meta-Activism Project website!

The hard copy will be available June 30th at  Amazon.com (You can pre-order it if you’d like to).

Be sure to also check our blog, as we have been and will continue to be posting chapter excerpts.

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MAP Post: Seriously, is Digital Activism New, or it just the Same Old on Steroids?

In a post a few weeks ago, Mary started us down the path of “Ok, all this chatter about digital this and activism that.  What constitutes digital activism anyway?”  Obviously we’ve got to start thinking about this, or else MAP has no reason to exist, so let’s keep at it.  Mary said, very [...]

How Foursquare could help digital activism and crisis situations

[This is in rough notes form....random thoughts, as a result of an email conversation.....]

It’s location-based right out of the gate

PRO: It does it for you, instead of needing to manually aggregate the info like some other tools, or tag it like in Twitter.
CON: in a situation of violence-based conflict, this may be detrimental if the “opposing [...]

Meta-Activism Project website is up live

The “alpha” Meta-Activism Project (MAP) website is up live now (very exciting!)….. I really love the snappy “It’s time to update activism strategy so it reflects our new digital reality.”

Really excited to be moving forward with this, with some [...]

Cyber Village’s “Spotlight on Success”

I was on Cyber Village’s  “Spotlight on Success” last week with host Rob Thrasher talking about social media, a new gig, and a little [...]

2010 Predictions for digital technology, social media and other

I posted a few of my marketing predictions over at Other Side Group, but here’s another set that includes digital activism and other goodies.

Location-based digital technology use will give way to several major advances in the fields of citizen journalism and digital activism.  Patrick will agree with me – there will be a major increase in [...]

I’ll be on HubSpot TV on Friday, talking about digital activism

I’ll be the guest on this week’s HubSpot TV.  You can live stream the event (see the site for details), or you can come down to the offices in Cambridge for some chit chat and good food from the Lansdowne Pub.

I’ll be talk about topics of digital activism and some of the work I do [...]