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Tools: The Best of 2007 - How Can We Use Them for Activism?

Here is lifehack’s list of the best web apps of 2007. They haven’t been used for activism yet, but use your imagination and see if you can be inspired.

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  bubbl.us allows you to brain-storm by creating visual idea maps. Take a look at this video to get a better idea of how it works. This might be a good way to for activists to work through ideas collaboratively.
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  Buzzword is an online word processor. Here is a video that explains how it works. This might be a good way for activists to collaboratively create documents online. It appears to still be in alpha.
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  Empressr allows users to create and share slideshows using text, images, videos. Presentations can be shared on the Empressr site and can also be embedded in users’ own pages. Here’s a video that shows how it works. This might be a good way for activists to share presentations. Read more »
  
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Tool: Google Docs

Name: Google Docs

Website: http://docs.google.com/

What it is: It’s a word processor, a program to create and share documents online. It’s like Microsoft Word except it’s free and it’s collaborative.

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Tool: Google Groups

Name: Google Groups

Website: http://groups.google.com

What it is: Google Groups allows you to create group e-mail lists and send messages to large groups of people

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