Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

For example, when women have this kind of specific skill-set training, they are more likely to have less children, to keep the children they do have in school, to be able to provide access to medical care, and things like that. Our office in Kigali is sort of in a state of question right now. That to me is the definition of success.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

Here’s a couple examples pulled from recent CauseVox campaigns. Source: Casa Congo, School for Conservation). Take Card Kingdom’s The Gauntlet campaign for example. In fact, 80% of the top grossing campaigns through CauseVox use visual storytelling to showcase their cause and crush their fundraising goal. Need some inspiration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

A few examples - TwestivalDC , BostonTwestival , SFTwestival , and so many more. It's called Why Congo Matters. Starting today and through the weekend, Twestival will rock on, with over 200 local Twestivals happening supporting tweetups to raise money for a designated local charity. Metrics, Stats, Research, and Other Misc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

A good example is witness.org/spring2010. An example was the opportunity to feature a video about the lack of treatment available for those living with HIV in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on YouTube’s homepage. It was great to see the views of the video increase exponentially on and after World AIDS Day one year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

So, for example, on PulseWire, our global community newswire, every woman can have a voice. Can you talk about, since you mentioned the online journals, the difference between the print magazine and the online magazine and then PulseWire so folks know what are these different entities and programs that you have?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 29, 2008

For example, most social networks are walled gardens. There are clear delineations of who is inside and who is outside, and the rules inside (no photos, for example) often keep what’s inside from getting outside. For example, the Holocaust Museum has a great Flash exhibition of Angelina Jolie’s trip to the Congo.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

One example of the incredible change that education can bring to a community is Malaika , a grassroots nonprofit that educates and empowers girls and communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo through a school, a community center, a clean water program, technical classes and and organic farm.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I have just completed two 2-day trainings of human rights NGOs in the Democratic Republic of Congo. During my visit, I also had an opportunity to meet staff members at the United Nations Mission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Tags: Tripathi Kinshasa Martus MONUC ICTJ Goma Congo DRC.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 20, 2009

There are really just so many great examples for this topic. If you are looking for more examples about social media and communications technologies applied to youth empowerment, here are some additional links/groups to check out: [link] (social media used as outreach about teen dating violence). Youth Empowerment with Social Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A great example of how well this multi-channel approach works is the Humane Society’s Spay Day. Take this compelling example of how deep engagement can lead to better results from Wildlife Direct. This includes using email, web site presence, google ads, face-to-face events and reaching out to the online and mainstream media. .

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

A compelling example good social media fundraising practice comes from WildlifeDirect, a nonprofit based in Nairobi, Kenya founded by Dr. Richard Leakey. According to Paula Kahumbu, Executive Director, their approach to fundraising was to build a worldwide online conservancy community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think my favorite example of that is a women's group from the highlands of Bolivia who wrote to us maybe seven or eight years ago. They were a group of illiterate women who dictated their requests to a priest in the village, who then hand wrote the request.

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