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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Yohannes Gebregeorgis "Moved by the lack of children's books and literacy in his native Ethiopia, Yohannes Gebregeorgis established Ethiopia Reads , bringing free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of Ethiopian children."

El Paso 40
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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

January 2008 As the first place winner in the America's Giving Challenge for Global Causes, I use several twitter strategies. August, 2008 Using Twitter and other channels, I raised $2,500 in 90 minutes at Gnomedex. September, 2008 Dr. Mani, a heart surgeon in India - and Web 2.0 The experiment was to test Twitter's speed.

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Convio Innovator Awards - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Oxfam America won the “Advocacy Campaign” prize for their campaign to persuade Starbucks to let Ethiopia use the trademarked phrase “Ethiopian Coffee” in selling their own coffee. The campaign attracted 96,000 participants, and Starbucks did eventually change their policy, thereby benefiting poor farmers in Ethiopia.

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An Interview With Paull Young from Charity:Water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I first came across @paullyoung in September, 2008 when he implemented a birthday campaign as part of charity:water’s September campaign. In 2008, even more people joined and raised over $1 million for clean water projects in Ethiopia. charity:water continues to be an innovator in the area of online fundraising.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. Ethiopia / $50. General / #fcny / @FastCompany. 2016 MNN Annual Conference. 2016 MNN Annual Conference. Massachusetts Nonprofit Network / Framingham, MA / $225. General / @impactconf. AIDF Africa Summit. AIDF Africa Summit. Feb 21 - 22. Feb 22 - 24.