{"id":171,"date":"2008-05-14T13:46:31","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T21:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/05\/14\/fighting-malaria-with-web-20\/"},"modified":"2008-05-14T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T21:46:31","slug":"fighting-malaria-with-web-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/05\/14\/fighting-malaria-with-web-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting malaria with Web 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mosquito\" by <\/em><\/span>aussiegall<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nSocial networking site aims to help fight malaria<\/a>:
\n[Via News at Nature – Most Recent<\/a>]<\/p>\n

New website gives smaller African projects a bigger profile.
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An interesting approach – using social networking tools to help increase awareness of anti-malaria projects and help fundraising effort. It is a novel way to use some of these tools but I wonder if these would be more successful as a stand alone project or under the wings of larger social media entities?<\/em>
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Technorati Tags: Non-Profit<\/a>, Science<\/a>, Web 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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by aussiegall Social networking site aims to help fight malaria: [Via News at Nature – Most Recent] New website gives smaller African projects a bigger profile. [More] An interesting approach – using social networking tools to help increase awareness of anti-malaria projects and help fundraising effort. It is a novel way to use some of … Continue reading Fighting malaria with Web 2.0<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8,7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-profits","category-open-access","category-web-20"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-2L","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":253,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/06\/25\/using-our-social-networks\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"Using our social networks","date":"June 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Effective Online Networking: Nurturing Relationships: [Via Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media] It's Harvest Time for Networking and Tomatoes by Beth Kanter This week I am an online mentor on the topic of \"Effective Online Networking\" as part of the Networking for Success project at the the Women\u2019s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Web 2.0"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":599,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2009\/11\/02\/short-answers-to-simple-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":1},"title":"Updated: Short answers to simple questions","date":"November 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by Nima BadieyNIH Funds a Social Network for Scientists \u2014 Is It Likely to Succeed? 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