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Activating the Activists with Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In your status updates, use the news feed to raise awareness. The Save Darfur Coalition asks to organize events, vigils. jaygoldman @ kanter Rewarding verified offline actions with online social credit. Ironically, one of my Twitter followers suggested asking them nicely and giving them schwag. Create something to attend!

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Notes from The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach

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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. * . * Oxfam has used Flickr petitions successfully in several campaigns.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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Perhaps it is because my generation was raised reading The Diary of Anne Frank and watching dozens of movies about the Holocaust. As part of the anti-genocide moment, we raise both money and political will for civilian protection initiatives around the world. One of the world's challenges that disturbs me the most is genocide.

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(Not a) Game Friday: Virtual Worlds 101

Museum 2.0

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. The Exploratorium did the solar eclipse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is doing all kinds of programs around Darfur.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Oxfam America and HSUS: Not just Talking about Social Media, Using It

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Carie opened with an intro to social media. She says social networks are “not just a bunch of lonely teenage boys.” She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks.

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Tools Galore in Online Communication - Women Who Tech 2009

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The tools and points she covered included: Social Networks. A few key examples she gave on advocacy and nonprofit success in social networks included: MyBarackObama.com , a good example of this in action. Natalie’s ending tip for social networks? Fastest growing demographic is 35 and older.

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