Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

On Friday, I was on a "Darfur Activist" conference call produced by ENOUGH , the Genocide Intervention Network , STAND and the Save Darfur Coalition. Anyone could call in and hear an update about developments on the ground in Darfur and Congo, and upcoming legislation, events and campaigns. million nonprofits in the U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January. The US Campaign for Burma is asking for a boycott of the Games: "China is paralyzing UN Security Council action on Burma. olympics China human rights Tibet Burma Darfur

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2009

How do we activate the online activists to take action offline?" I was not presenting, but decided to use Twitter crowd source some suggestions, screencapture them, and put those into my presentation later in the day. In your status updates, use the news feed to raise awareness. easibey @ kanter actions that r easy/doable.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

You can see our action in the message below, or by going to: [link].net/OneMinute net/OneMinute Prior to this action, we used Collactive twice to promote particular op-eds (one in the Boston Globe and one in the LA Times) that aligned with our positions on how to stop genocide in Darfur.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

The session, presented by Cultural Connections , focused on museums, exhibits, and programs specifically developed to inspire visitors to take action in their own lives to create social change. There's a huge range of projects designed to encourage visitors to "jump in," "stand up," "take action," and other declarative verbs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

Breast Cancer Action. Save Darfur. She also points to a recent article in the Australian press about nonprofits in Melbourne raising money in my space called It's MySpace, my charity, your money. 9) Use your blog to inspire support and action. Concern Worldwide UK. Corazon de Vida. Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Should There Be A Social Actions Category on Digg? How Long Does It Take for 250 Super Connected Gnomedex Geeks to raise $2,500 for Cambodian kids? Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Blog Action Day: Can One Person Make A Difference. Scored 10 How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

Perhaps it is because my generation was raised reading The Diary of Anne Frank and watching dozens of movies about the Holocaust. As part of the anti-genocide moment, we raise both money and political will for civilian protection initiatives around the world. One of the world's challenges that disturbs me the most is genocide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Profits from the record raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. It also raised money for famine relief in Africa. raises money for Amnesty's Darfur work. Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th to raise money for Red Hot , an organization, "dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture."

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

You might guess that version 2 would raise more money. The institutional version raised more than 4 times as much from almost twice as many donors. Based on our studies, we've concluded that stories can help you raise money — if you use them right. You'd be wrong. This test isn't an anomaly. So what to do? Don't panic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 3, 2009

According to the Genocide Prevention Month's site , the genocide in Bosnia began April 6, in Rwanda April 7, in Cambodia April 17, in Darfur April 19, in Armenia April 24, and the Holocast began April 21st. Did you know that six genocides began in the month of April?

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur. Regardless, very few orgs (though some) have raised real cash via the Causes app.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

He won his second Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns on Darfur. NEW People’s Choice: Mission in Action Award: Every cause has a story. They were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of China and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2009.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

Ask them to take action 4. A few key examples she gave on advocacy and nonprofit success in social networks included: MyBarackObama.com , a good example of this in action. The one point Rebecca really hammered on was the idea of “galvanizing community action” through visualizing data, technical issues and complex problems.

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