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Nonprofits in the Autonomous World: Will the Bots Take Over?

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When you send a message to this Facebook Messenger bot named Yeshi, she tells her story about how her daily walk for clean water in Ethiopia. . Here’s a few good tip sheets if you want experiment. Charity:Water created a bot called “ Walk with Yeshi ” as a donor engagement tool. I pulled together a curated list.ly Conclusion.

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Oxfam Uses Flickr To Advocate for Ethiopian Coffee Famers

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For more information about Ethiopia's efforts to trademark its coffee names, check out Green LA Girl's posts about Ethiopia vs. Starbucks. Hat tip to the NTEN Flickr Affinity Group for the story. To find out when the documentary Black Gold is playing at a theater near you, click here. Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

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A Geek's Reflections on Personal Fundraising Via Blog, Twitter, and Facebook

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Hat tip Brett Meyer at NTEN ). They asked everyone born in September to give up birthday presents and ask their friends and family for donations to build water wells in Ethiopia instead. More information here. I tweeted the link one of my twitter followers, Paul Young decided to give personal fundraising with social media a whirl.

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Underwear for Africa and Reclaiming A September 11th Birthday

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Hat tip Brett Meyer at NTEN ) They are asking everyone born in September to give up birthday presents and ask their friends and family for donations to build water weels in Ehtiopia instead. million and build 333 wells in Ethiopia. And, while I'm on the topic of creative ways to support projects in the Africa. They hope to raise $1.5

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Virginia DeBolt pointed me to this very inspiring story about a third grader in Albuquerque who raised $6000 to build a library in Ethiopia. Parenting Tips To Encourage Your Child's Philanthropy 1. Not only was her daughter able to contribute to a good cause by playing a game, the experience also brought up a ethical dilemma.

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Well That Twitter Built: On September 18th, Mashable's Twitter followers donated $3,536 to Charity:Water, an initative to build wells in Ethiopia. site where folks are contributing ideas and tips to help write the book. Paul Young raised an addition $637 through Twitter and shared some of his reflections.

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Buy a Song, Support a Cause

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Profits from the record raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Thanks @abfdc for the tip). Remember during Christmas 1984 when everyone got the 45, "Do They Know It's Christmas?" recorded by Band Aid? The single was quickly followed by the American version, "We Are The World," in the spring of 1985.

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