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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

Have Fun - Do Good

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. Interviewed Janessa Goldbeck of the Genocide Intervention Network.

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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

Have Fun - Do Good

I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur." By writing this blog post, I am doing what I can. activism Darfur genocide human rights

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What’s the Secret to Social Media Success? Cute Animal Theory

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several years ago I created the Cute Dog Theory, a node to a Nicolas Kristof quote about how puppies get more attention than dry statistics about Darfur. I even did a series of interviews of nonprofit social media professionals and their dogs and its all available on a fun wiki.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of the things I've been wanting to do for a while is review my blog content for the year and select the "Top 10" posts or the "best of" posts. Once a year in June, I do an overall benchmarking and ROI analysis of my blog using particular metrics. Interview with Jonathon Colman. Measuring the Value of Your Blog.

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What Are Your 2009 Have Fun Do Good Resolutions?

Have Fun - Do Good

My six 2008 Activist Resolutions went so-so: I did. Continue learning about why genocide happens and how I can take action by following blogs like the Genocide Intervention Network , ENOUGH , Stop Genocide on Change.org , Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth , and Human Rights Now. It stayed about the same. It was closer to 3%.

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Join the 29-Day Giving Challenge: Change Lives One Gift at a Time

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On March 19th, 2008, after spending 8 days in the hospital related to her multiple sclerosis, Cami Walker decided to give away one thing each day for 29 days : "I decided to do the 29-Day Giving Challenge as an experiment. Her goal is to inspire at least 2,000 people to commit to the 29-Day Giving Challenge by September 29, 2008.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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