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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. The art of storytelling though, and documenting an event or a slice of time is, of course, not restricted to bound pages. We scrape it together. Our stories come from our heart.

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, the best practices below are based on Nonprofit Tech for Good’s experience using Twitter almost daily since 2008. CircuitEditor regularly hosts Twitter Chats on the subjects of social change and philanthropy in Africa. Experiment and keep in mind that those who use Twitter regularly tend to love Twitter.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. Nonprofit Storytelling Conference. The Nonprofit Storytelling Conference is unlike any conference you've ever attended. South Africa / $250. South Africa. AIDF Africa Summit. AIDF Africa Summit.

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What do Maori and Gourma Creation Stories Have In Common With Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008), in which he emphasizes the importance of designing evaluations to insure their usefulness, rather than simply creating long reports that may never get read or never result in any practical changes. . What I discovered, is that through his engaging storytelling, I got inspired by evaluation. Gourma is in Africa.

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While " Tweet and Meet " events, called "Tweet Ups," were popular with Twitter users in 2008, "Tweet-Meet-Donate" events became more and more common in 2009. Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water in 24 hours through self-organized volunteer events in 200 cities around the world. Click at the Heartstrings.

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Off the Mat, Into the World: An Interview with Seane Corn

Have Fun - Do Good

For example, we put together the 2008 Seva Challenge. We brought in our own skills, but we also participated in the different classes that CCF offers like social studies, Khmer, English, storytelling--typical classes that you'd find in any public school system. It's called the Bare Witness Humanitarian Tours. It was so fun.