Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Social Good Brasil Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar , which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking.

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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement.

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Join Me Live From Brasil to Celebrate #GivingTuesday #DiadeDoar on 12/2 at 11:00 AM PST

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On the overall rating Brazil is actually the 90th most generous country of the world.” As Joao points out, “ Unlike developed countries such as the United States and England, Brazilians do not give as a habit and the country figures in the 72nd place of giving amongst 135 countries in the latest World Giving Index.

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WiserEarth.org Goes Multi-lingual: Guest Post by Peggy Duvette, WiserEarth

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This effort was realized thanks to more than 10 months of work by a team of 43 volunteer translators based in Brazil, France, Mexico and the US. WiserEarth.org , a nonprofit that offers social networking for the international sustainability movement, launched today in French , Portuguese , and Spanish beta versions.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But it is more than the technology, it is also their passion to do good in the world. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November. The media has dubbed this generation “ Qwerty Monsters ”; they send hundreds of text messages a day and don’t even like to use their phone for calls.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: 15andcounting.org

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Its fun to look at the petition and see people signed up from Djibouti to Brazil There is a cell phone component to the campaign that has caused it to really take off in South Africa. The site includes a petition and a resource kits with tools, like stakeholders letters, so people can launch campaigns in their country.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Orkut , for example, is still popular in Brazil, while Renren and Qzone dominate the Chinese market (where Twitter and Facebook are banned). Use the right platform. Not everyone in the world uses the same social network. Not every network is text based: Pinterest is primarily image-based, while some focus on video.