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How Text Messaging Has Revolutionized Giving

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They adopted their SMS campaign in order to reach their 15,000 members quickly to respond to a crisis in Libya. Text messaging allows organizations to reach members quickly and social media allows them to keep their members’ interest by sharing stories, photos and videos.

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Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup

That’s why stories are important, especially if our goal is to build a social movement: stories help us understand and relate to each other. These stories were reminders of the otherwise normal lives experienced by demonstrators on the other end of our WiFi connections. Simple Storytelling Solutions and the Arab Spring.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

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And even though this game was released a few months ago, the relevance of promoting non-violent revolution is more apparent than ever with the events in Tunisia, Egypt or Libya. # The story was tied into a comic book narrative and like Interro-bang, players were encourage to share their exploits via social media.

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