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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. A key point about how difficult it is for most non-profits to shift from message delivery to conversation and advice about being patience. Finding a cure for breast cancer takes more than virtual pink ribbons. more about it here.

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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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It was the process of that questioning, and not necessarily finding the answers that struck me as right, and then becoming more active as I grew older. From that place, I was really struggling to come to grips with the many questions that it brought up. Clashing visions of who is chosen and who is not. What's going on here?

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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From there, I ended up going to the Burma-Thai border and working with women refugees who had fled the ethnic cleansing under the Burmese dictatorship. What advice do you have for people to navigate those growing pains? That's a great question and it's very true. Those women asked me to be their messenger.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: WITNESS

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Some questions we tackle with include: What happens when our content is taken out of context or context is simply ignored? What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? Story” is the key term. The ability to stream video directly from a mobile phone (i.e.

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And, if you have a minute to offer some advice. Lots of great advice – a wonderful way to get people thinking in advance of Thursday’s NFPtweetup and help those that haven’t been to one before get an idea about what to expect. I think the answer is no, but I still want to ask that as a question.)

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