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1. Childrens services one year on

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 983
   Social workers and experts give their views on how much progress has been made in childrens services since the tragic […] case of Baby P A voluntary sector community social worker, London Since Baby P there has been an increase in referrals […] since Baby P other child cases have made the headlines. Sadly, even with this awareness the public opinion of social workers
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2. Get Social Network Data In Your Google Results With Social Search

   
   MakeUseOf Directory — Authority 720
   new feature called Google Social Search integrates results from your social circle based on your connections, as Google […] sees them. Read on to learn how doing a social network search with Google Social Search works and how to use it. Content […] from your social circle Google Social Search adds content that is linked from your friend’s Google profiles to the
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3. Lets Move Away From Social Media and Get Down to Business

   
   ReadWriteWeb — Authority 831
   Sometimes, it feels like terms we thought had some meaning really dont apply as much anymore. Take the term "social […] media," as an example. Its like every SEO marketer decided that "social media," was the ticket to a sweet consulting gig […] . Just look at Twitter. You find a lot of social media experts with tens of thousands of followers. Kind of feels like you
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4. The Future of Gaming: 5 Social Predictions

   
   Mashable! — Authority 883
   Earlier today, video gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) announced its blockbuster acquisition of the Facebook/social […] gaming company Playfish for between $300-400 million. It’s a major move by EA into the social gaming space and one that […] places a smart team and a set of top-rated social networking games (e.g. Pet Society ) into its control. While it’s too
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5. What’s Your Favorite Brand of 2009? #openwebawards

   
   Mashable! — Authority 883
   . Social media has not only transformed how we communicate with each other, but it has even changed how we, as consumers […] challenged by the direct and open access that Twitter , YouTube , Facebook , and other social media services have sparked […] recognize the companies that are leveraging social media in extraordinary ways. This year’s honors in the Brand category are
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6. Rachael Chong: Start-up Capital for For-Profit Social Entrepreneurs - …

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 961
   " for her important work breathing life into both nonprofit and for-profit, start-up social entrepreneurs. Since 1987 […] , Echoing Green has awarded more than $27 million in start-up capital to over 450 social entrepreneurs worldwide. Ashoka […] , which put social entrepreneurship on the map in 1981, has invested in over 2,000 social entrepreneurs; and since 1992
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7. Weber Shandwick Social Impact Survey Finds 88% of Nonprofits Experimenting …

   
   Religion — Authority 845
   WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The vast majority of nonprofit organizations (88%) are experimenting with social […] media to engage key audiences, but a significant majority (79%) are uncertain of how to demonstrate social medias value for […] their organizations. Only half (51%) report active use of social media. The results are contained in a new survey by Weber
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8. 3 Flavors of Social Search: What to Expect

   
   ReadWriteWeb — Authority 831
   With Googles Social Search experiment , Bings integration with Twitter and Yahoo!s partnership with One Riot , social […] search clearly has both potential and momentum. But what will social search look like, and will it help us search better? And […] if it will, how? Ive written previously about how social search wont replace traditional search , how social relevancy
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9. Final hammer blow for social care pledge

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 983
   On paper, it made sense to set up a common register for every paid worker in social care, says David Brindle The dream […] of a professional register of 1.4 million social care workers in England is over. Todays report on the inquiry into the […] failure of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) to regulate competently the conduct of social workers and social work
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10. Lloyd I. Sederer, MD: What in the World Is a Social Entrepreneur?

    
    The Huffington Post — Authority 961
    , Belgium, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA. But what defined the group was that they were principally social […] entrepreneurs. What is a social entrepreneur? In Australia that means going into the bush country to remote aboriginal towns where […] with disabilities to save money and develop social networks so that they can successfully survive the death of their
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