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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Definitely the e-newsletter; our first e-newsletter in 2008 resulted in hundreds of responses and donations, though we have seen some donation activity on Facebook through special source codes tied to campaigns.

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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. April 8 Watch the HBO special, The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. I focus on the fact that I don't have to solve it. I don't have to solve the problem.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Anyone in or outside of Haiti could use the tool via the web or on a mobile phone to make reports with voice, text or video; the reports were then mapped and sources verified.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. We really try and get women from all walks of life to be able to participate in our program, the goal being to provide as many unique voices and opportunities as possible. She was also awarded their annual Ida B.

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13 Women Changing the World

Have Fun - Do Good

Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (February 6, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 5. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (December 22, 2008) Read: Transcript on Have Fun, Do Good 6. World Pulse is a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen Founder, World Pulse.

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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. This year, 2008, is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I am always a big believer in that.

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