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Closing the Loop Between Social Media and Offline Action

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was in Oakland, CA and discovered Fenton's Creamery , famous for its ice cream. I posted the above photo on my Facebook page , primarily to test how different content sparks interaction on my own Facebook page. The line was out the door. Lines are good because you can contemplate that important decision: What flavor?

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Safer Internet Day 2014: Help Create a Better Internet

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In honor of Safer Internet Day , Microsoft has launched a new interactive website to promote a healthy Internet for everybody. Oakland, CA. Get even more online safety tips from our post about National Cyber Security Awareness Month. And they can happen to anyone – if you're not careful. Safety Wisdom.

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Blog Action Day: 4 Ways to Alleviate Poverty in Your Community

Have Fun - Do Good

Thanks to wonderful organizations like Kiva , and the ONE Campaign , people are becoming more aware of the huge difference a small loan, or donation to an international organization can make to purchase a net to prevent malaria, or help a family start a business. of Oakland residents are living in poverty. It's just really hard.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

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They all represent either a farmer, educator, activist, or chef, but they still share the connection that they're aware of global issues. They become more aware of global economies, of how our global economy impacts other countries, the opening of how we become more aware of our actions and how they impact others. They traveled.

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 13-17, 2009 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. As more and more politicians dive into the world of Social Media, the way we communicate and interact with our local and national representatives is changing. With snacks! Do they make a difference?

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Ari Derfel & Eric Fenster, Back to Earth Podcast Interview Transcription

Have Fun - Do Good

Because we really believe strongly that through self-understanding and self-awareness, through community involvement and community connectedness, and Earth awareness, that we can create a more sustainable, more joyful, more wonderful existence on this planet. being really aware of our, really aware of our, of our impacts.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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Just here in the Bay Area we have local things like, Oakland Local , Oakland Seen , and Spot.us. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice. We unite those voices to accelerate change. I feel like there's this wave right now of citizen journalism.

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