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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? The first social networking tool the organization utilized was MySpace is 2007. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. What social media tools are you currently utilizing?

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Favorite Do-Good Books of 2008

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PhilanTopic included the book on its list of Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008. tools, it was about how Web 2.0 tools can, and are changing our world. This was probably the book that moved me the most in 2008. What are some your favorite do-good books from 2008? books 2008 activist nonprofit

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

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The following is an edited transcript of an interview I did with her on March 25th, 2008 for the Big Vision Podcast. Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Media Nedra Weinreich's tip jar , tipped me off to newly published study from Nora Barnes and Eric Mattson from U Mass Dartmouth about nonprofit adoption of social media tools. " Britt Bravo is surprised that video is the most adopted tool and wonders whether it would be the same for smaller organizations.

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Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

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One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. What a great tool for young people (and adults!)

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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Increasingly, rape of women is being used as a tool of war, not just in large scale wars as we saw in the Serbian and Bosnian conflict, but as we saw recently in Kenya and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I like to remind people of the fact that for $50 you can put a young girl through school in Afghanistan for a year.

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