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Meaningful Networked Action in the Cyclone Aftermath

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Photo by LaurieLou. If you are thinking you want to volunteer your time, Natalie Jesionka has a post on Our World titled " Responding to Burma Crisis " that includes a list of opportunities to travel to the Burmese border and volunteer your time and energy to the underground grassroots NGO activity. Women's League of Burma.

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BlogHers Act and Other Ways to Help Myanmar Cyclone Victims

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Jacques de Goldfiem Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend devastating five regions. The photos, videos, and blog reports are giving us vivid citizen accounts. Global Voices, South Asia Editor, Mong Palatino, offers this round up of what blogs in the region are reporting, including these eye witness accounts.

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Why is Sopheap Wearing a Red T-Shirt?

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Photo by Tharum , found on his Facebook Profile. I spotted this photo in Tharum's Facebook photos the title is "Quiet Vigil Outside Burma Embassy in Phnom Penh." " Mean Lux has a set on Flickr here and you can see a photo of his red t-shirt. There's a photo group in flickr too.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

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This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Photo by Be Chandra. Training Design'

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Using SlideShare for Good: Examples

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It comes from the Web Strategist Blog, Jeremiah Owyang. The strategy is use positive photos. Other examples of using SlideShare for disaster relief or donations: Burma Cyclone Relief Effort Here's the original post ). View | Upload your own.

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Four Steps to Ease You Into Social Web Activism

Have Fun - Do Good

You need to start by checking out the content that is already being created by citizen journalists and activists about the issues you care about on blogs, podcasts and online video/vlogs. Blogs You can find blogs by searching on Google Blog Search and Technorati. Start out small by leaving comments on your favorite blogs.

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Fashion and Passion for Your Cause: Wear it on Your Blog or Profile!

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" While technically, I'm probably way over the legal age limit to be included in the Facebook Generation, nonetheless I'm once again wearing one of my one of my favorite causes as fashion on my blog this month. Last month, I turned my blog pink in support of Breast Cancer and in September, I put on a red t-shirt.

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