Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Via Facebook updates, I learned from Tharum that Preetaim Rai, the Southeast Asia Editor for Global Voices, posts a roundup of protests and prayer vigils in neighboring countries. There is also a roundup of links to Burma causes (not just Facebook that's just one channel) and events. from friends telling friends telling friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet. Fundraising 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder and a board member of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to connect people through loans to alleviate global poverty. If you are not sure of your local PBS station, Click here to search for your local PBS station on the PBS website. microfinance kiva internet microloan

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Deborah Finn has written a SEO primer called " Search Engine Optimization for Nervous Nonprofit Novices " and she is seeking feedback from SEO mavens. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

But the bottom-line: Cracks are showing everywhere in our increasingly unsustainable economic and environmental global order. So on a whim I went to google and searched on “good news that happened today.&# [link] has more examples of how much $700 billion is in a poverty context. And yes, the good news is so important.

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