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Using Social Media to Leverage Family Stories: MomsRising Shares Lessons Learned

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Dawn was invited by the White House to fly to Virginia to share her story in person with President Obama. This event garnered tons of media coverage and Dawn’s story was covered by almost every major media outlet in the country including the Washington Post, CNN, the Associate Press, CBS, and more.

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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Even better, the green laptops would match the video blogging kits that Ryanne Hodson and Jay Dedman brought over the month before I brought the same kits to the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. The press release does not mention whether it is going to be possible to designate the recipient! TechSoup Blog also reports.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" They have begun inviting local bloggers as press to openings and events - usually they get in touch with Mike Woycheck or Cynthia Closkey, two of the co-founders of Pittsburgh Bloggers , who then re-blog the invitation and spread it via Facebook or their own Twitter streams. Not the press release. s Blog about?

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