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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

Whether it started on accident, was part of a specific campaign, or originated in Greece , this meme seemed to really have legs! In the last 24 hours, I have seen countless blog posts, discussions, and news articles all mocking this current meme for doing nothing to actually prevent child abuse.

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Tips on how to mobilize your supporters

Care2

A Mashable meetup in Greece. • Justin Perkins offered this frogloop article about cutting-edge integrated social media strategies and multi-channel social network campaigns. (By • Justin also pointed to this article on how to bring social network avatars to life and an essay on how slacktivism is a misnomer.

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NTC Boston: Brian Reich: Online Fundraising Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Unicef in Greece raised $6 million euros for tsunami. Target ads aligned with news cycle are viewed more favorably and if ad is placed next to relevant news article more likely to click. He mentioned that ???short short code fundraising??? ??? that someone could punch in a number on their cell phone and make a donation to a charity.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

I’ll talk more about eastern Orthodox traditions later in the article, but in the Eastern Christian Church this day falls on December 19. Other parts of the world believe St. Nick arrives on the eve of December 5, with children waking up with presents the next morning.

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Changing the World: TechSoup's Newest Global Partner

Tech Soup

In addition to Syria and Iraq, these are Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, and the Azerbaijani exclave: Nakhchivan. (If While the complexities are more nuanced than space allows for in this article, nonprofit organizations* in Turkey certainly face plenty of obstacles. If you knew all eight, go buy yourself a cookie!).

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Ancient Greece 2.0: Arts Participation before the Industrial Age

Museum 2.0

And thank you to Lauren Shultz, who introduced me to this article in a recent Museum 2.0 Perhaps it's time to turn back the clock a little further when we talk about the good old days. P.S. Lynne Conner has a book coming out next year called We the Audience. I can't wait. comment thread.

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