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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

During the America's Giving Challenge, when we dropped into 5th place and I thought the race was over, Jen activated her supportive network with this beautiful post, " To Cambodia With Love." At that time, Jen realized Odette was in a very difficult and dangerous situation with few resources and limited access to proper help.

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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We made people go up and down the stairs three times before settling in after lunch. On Day 3, we covered the best practices of using listening, Twitter, and Facebook, with ample time to practice. It Isn’t Enough To Tell People About Best Practices: Hands-On, Brains-On.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

"I think that people have long associated feminism with older white women and the idea of bringing that back to women of color, and bringing it back to young women of color and asking them what it means is an exciting time for me." In particular, it is important to think about what young women need to be thinking about in this moment of time.

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Impact and Interoperability: How Technology Powers Collaboration

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country. We’ve been able to cut our reporting time by 50%.”.

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7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I do this with every social media activity as well as whenever I teach. But how to shift from the frenetic pace of getting things done to giving yourself time to think. The exercise is simple - take five minutes to eat a hershey's kiss and notice everything about the experience. Real Time Tracking, Real Time Network Weaving.

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Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World, and How to Reach Them: Interview with The She Spot co-author, Lisa Witter

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The reason why we were able to write this book in a new way is because for the first time we actually have brain science that tells us the difference between men and women. I learn about women in Rwanda, and they learn about my life. Every time I talk about it, Lisa Chen and I start having Janet Jackson in our head.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general. How would you answer that?

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