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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

These countries are, in the main, ones that share a border with Ukraine: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia. This analysis and the giving it’s based on is happening in real time. It should be noted that our real-time data collection currently relies heavily on sources written in English. million Ukrainian refugees.

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Twitter for Activism Tool VS Strategy Debate and A New Twitter Activism Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The "is Twitter a strategy or tool debate" was fueled as Twitter got lots of attention (and hype ) as part of the coverage of last week's protests in Moldova. Ivan Boothe points out in his post " The Fire and Food: Why There's No Such Thing As A Twitter Revolution ," the real-time use of Twitter as an organizing tool is a not revolution.

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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If that's the case we'll be managing our own expectations, given enough time." My own background is rooted in a) on-the-ground community organizing, including 100+ hours of training and many times that in actual organizing, and b) academic study of how nonviolent social change can be successful (my degree is in peace and conflict studies).

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

It’s a time when we’re encouraged to think of others and those enduring the hardships of life in a world which gets physically and mentally more testing. Personally, I love Christmas, but even my definition of this important time is different to others around me. Why is this?

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(This year Peter Deitz and Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson are there) I was going to participate remotely via hologram as Doug Jacquier describes skype for a roundtable with Mark, but my crazy schedule, time zone dyslexia and not realizing that I would actually be on a Virgin Flight with Wifi.

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