Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2006

The Darfur is Dying game probably caught your attention. The list of social issues that are being addressed by games goes on. applied to policy or management issues? How do we identify and proactively deal with any social, ethical, and/or legal issues that might arise through the application. promote awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

And finally, if you're short on cash and you're a blogger, you can always write about an important issue. Be A Voice for Darfur is a petition and awareness campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur. Mom Advice did that earlier this fall and her results have nothing less than spectacular.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2007

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. So in that case, we got a two-for-one -- both raising awareness of the issue and flooding a decisionmaker with an important column.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 21, 2008

Examples * Teen Health Talk engages youth to talk about health issues rather than lectures at them. Two of their staff members recently returned from Darfur and are putting together a video to raise awareness about it. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. *

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2007

He began the talk by telling the story of the first time Google Earth was used for awareness raising by Rebecca Moore, Program Manager, Google Earth Outreach. Suddenly everyone began to call out issues, questions, concerns that were now apparent in the plan. The flyover electrified the room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

So I decided to start my own blog to help people see how social marketing concepts can be applied to their own health and social issues, as well as to have credibility when I tell my clients to consider using blogging and social media. what are they thinking, feeling and doing in relation to the health or social issue you are promoting?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 5, 2007

The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur. It seems like the real world museums that are starting to work in Second Life are pursuing the social interaction element of the platform through events. Is now the time for museums to get into Second Life?

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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. Shana Glickfield of Issue Dynamics Inc. , But 36% discovered them through a friend’s profile.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

The one point Rebecca really hammered on was the idea of “galvanizing community action” through visualizing data, technical issues and complex problems. USHMM : Crisis in Darfur - Visualized destruction in Darfur that was being publicly refuted - 50% increase in traffic to site - International visits went from 23-52%.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

In the US context, we are focused on building an awareness of issues involved in genocide and post-conflict peacebuilding as well as connecting American youth to our partners in other parts of the globe to plug them into cross-national, cross-cultural collaboration. What keeps you motivated and energized to do this work?

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