Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2012

The post summarized why it may be important, best practices, and a few nonprofit examples. One of my blog readers, Sarah Mowry, Outreach Director for the Deschutes Land Trust pointed me to Nature Conservancy’s Instagram contest , an image scavenger hunt. Encourages social content creation from network.

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Conservancy Contest Examples Congo 107

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Citizen-Powered Response. Direct Content. Indirect Content.

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Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. What's Changing?

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Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. For example, when women have this kind of specific skill-set training, they are more likely to have less children, to keep the children they do have in school, to be able to provide access to medical care, and things like that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

But I'm a member of the Social Media Advisory Board for SmartBrief, Inc , a terrific daily summary of social media insights and they asked me to do a roundup post for this week. Social networks like Twitter connect us with people online who share our interests or passions about making the world a better place.

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Social Media Trend Media Fundraising 107

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. I think my favorite example of that is a women's group from the highlands of Bolivia who wrote to us maybe seven or eight years ago. I am always a big believer in that.

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