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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: Women for Women International. Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Following that, Women for Women International moved on WordPress, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter throughout 2008-2010.

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Nonprofit Leader Spotlight

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I had not heard of Lisa or her book; but after travelling through a first-person account of her involvement in the fight to end Africa’s World War, I was extremely moved. Lisa was mobilized when she first learned of the millions in Congo that had died from a war that was so rarely mentioned in the U.S.

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Pull up a [virtual] chair for a conversation on health and population issues

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Those interested in domestic health, global health, population issues, or international development would do well to join an online conversation series hosted by the Population Reference Bureau. Combating Malaria: A First-Hand Account From Congo. Environmental Change: What Are the Links With Migration? Managing Unauthorized Migration.

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Webinar: Converting Prospects to Multichannel Gold

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Frustrated at internal barriers to multichannel integration? Not sure how much your online supporters are worth? Thinking there may be a better way to maximize their value? If so, this webinar is for you. Multichannel donors are gold. Annual revenues are often 4x that of direct mail only donors, with higher retention and much better net.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. He ran into Congo. It had been bombed.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. I had the feeling that there was something else that I could be doing with my passion for journalism and my knowledge of international reporting. I have a story that you have to hear.'" CH: Yes, we do.

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Supporting Vulnerable Human Rights Defenders in the Congo

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Patrick Ball, Benetech's Chief Scientist and Vice President of our Human Rights Program, is spending much of this year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Patrick is working with a UN human rights project. According to news reports Chebeya was found dead in his car early the next morning.

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