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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When our staff researchers observed him diving in, it gave them more confidence to participate.” Says Murphy, it was a tough barrier for advocates and researchers who not used to communicating in 140 characters. Twitter is also used as a complementary advocacy strategy when reaching out to policymakers on a human rights issue.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

After some research, it turns out that this meme was started in December of 2009 in Canada. It’s a vanity metric – not a metric that is connected to furthering your advocacy goals. Online Advocacy Online Fundraising Online Marketing' Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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Using Social Networking Sites for Campaigns: An Interview with Carie Lewis, HSUS

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been following Carie Lewis's posts on the NTEN Affinity groups as well as other nonprofit tech listservs (yes, I still do read listservs) and caught up with her for an interview. tools for online advocacy. We pointed people to youtube to watch the videos and to our website to participate in the advocacy.

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A. Fine Interview:Social Media Author Allison Fine - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) All of these tools are cheap and easy to use.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Five Hot Conversations!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

GetActive GetsAcquired - By Convio This is big news and it bounced around the nonprofit and progressive blogs, listservs, IM, and emails. Your Guide to the E-Advocacy Revolution from PolicyLink. New (to me) Blogs Blau Exchange is posting interviews with interesting ict-minded folks and occasional research and presentations.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. Social Change Websites is an excellent directory of the best nonprofit, grassroots, and advocacy campaign websites devoted to social change. There are 18 articles. Last word from Prof.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

I’ve managed campaigns ranging from about $5 million to over a billion dollars in health care, education, arts and culture, and advocacy sectors. And I want to talk about an experience I had working with an advocacy organization. How many people attended this event for the advocacy? It’s how my brain works.