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Oxfam Uses Flickr To Advocate for Ethiopian Coffee Famers

Have Fun - Do Good

from the Director's Statement, Black Gold Oxfam America has joined the movement to give Ethiopian coffee growers a greater percentage of coffee profits: "Oxfam is calling on coffee industry leaders to sign agreements that recognize Ethiopia’s right to control the use of its coffee ’brand names.’ Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

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Great reads from around the web on January 25th

Amy Sample Ward

Anecdotely, I see a lot of blogs and Flickr photo streams, some YouTube and Vimeo use. " Check it out! As ImpactMax writes so beautifully, tying individual stories to overall contextual problems and societal issues can really change policies. Why limit yourself?

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. And if you have a great idea for an app, but don't know where to start, you might be able to find help from NetSquared , an initiative from TechSoup Global. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ).

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Participatory Campaigns: The Hold A Sign Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was also a flickr component that I learned about this from the wonderful Heather Gardner-Madras , who like me, is a flickr fan. She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. great example of the innovative new things we can do with Flickr in terms of.

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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up

NTEN

Flickr Commons Project: Smithsonian Institution I've been neglecting my Member News roundups, but it's not because I don't care -- it's a combination of you guys all being super active and NTEN being consumed by NTC prep. NetSquared is partnering with UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center for a Mobile Innovation Challenge.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While the meebo nptech chat room is chatting live during the PDF, a few tweets overheard on twitter anticipate the upcoming NetSquared Conference. NetSquared Community. for the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) beginning on May 29th. Like last year, conference participants are introducing themselves on their NetSquared Blog.

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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

See the flickr pool of pea avatar photos. Over at the NTEN blog, you can read reflections from nonprofits that are participating in America's Giving Challenge. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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