Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2012

Effective social media outreach takes at least 25 hours of staff time per week, according to the Ditch Digital Dabbling research report. Coordinate all internal efforts. Building these relationships is hard work but the benefits are enormous. Identify prospects using the 990s of nonprofits with a mission similar to yours.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is providing leverage for Tibetan, Darfurian, Burmese and Chinese human rights campaigns: The International Campaign for Tibet created the Race for Tibet. They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

This week's Solutionary Woman is 24-year-old Heddy Nam, the Associate to the Chief Operating Officer of Amnesty International USA and co-founder of Never Again , an international network of young people working for peace. Describe the work you do for Amnesty International. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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