Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

YouTube: youtube.com/womenforwomenintl. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010. Twitter: twitter.com/womenforwomen.

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Social Media International Interview Examples 217

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Keep a gratitude journal, or make monthly gratitude collages Participate in a fundraising walk for a cause I care about, like Women for Women International's Run for Congo Women. Sew something that people need, like pillowcases for the 1 Million Pillowcase Challenge. Cooking (especially new recipes) Baking (especially cupcakes!)

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Fun Congo Movie Journal 63

NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

After you look at the sobering visualization of incidents in the Congo (DRC), you may need another dose of puppies. YouTube as a political tool. Now, will somebody please mash-up a system that sends us alerts when people nearby start to get phlegmy? Economy got you down? You need the live puppy cam ! Wired stakeholders.

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Congo Second Life Aggregator Map 36

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

Disaster 206

Disaster Social Media Haiti Media 206

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Most people are already familiar with the American Red Cross and the speed with which they jumped into action after the January earthquakes.

Haiti 82

Haiti Disaster Social Media Media 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The NY Chapter of the Red Cross offers Ten Tips in this YouTube Video. It's called Why Congo Matters. A few tools mentioned: Twinfluence , Twitalyzer , and TwitterEffect (which shows you how many people unfollowed or followed because of a specific tweet). You can even add a good deed widget for your site.

Nptech 91

Nptech Social Media Ning Media 91

Museum 2.0

JULY 29, 2008

Most people think this requires designing more sophisticated content (and it can). What I post on my Facebook page is only available to other people in the Facebook network. Legally, you have to be clear about what the rights status is on each image, so people know what’s legal and what isn’t. This is the brilliance of YouTube.

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Museum Websites Flash Images 20