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Reflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. I had a lot of fun with my keynote.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: 15andcounting.org

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

. International Planned Parenthood Federation has an office on an alley in the Bermondsey section of London. You can follow on Twitter – @djwesto and @t­_box , and of course @15andcounting) We exchanged resources and opinions at a furious and fun pace. . I stopped by there and heard a bit about their 15andcounting campaign.

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Little Penguins, Big Drama: Lessons on How to Go Viral from the National Aquarium of New Zealand

Connection Cafe

These amusing, quirky and just plain fun posts immediately drew me in. Felicity: The penguin keepers at the National Aquarium of New Zealand heard of this idea being used internally at another facility. Felicity: Our fun, authentic and informal ‘tone’ across social media connects with a wide audience.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

I actually started out with International Studies, and more academic. They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. A woman journalist from Sudan had her story about the flogging of a woman who was wearing pants get picked up, and it made international headlines.

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Artivist Film Festival & Awards

Have Fun - Do Good

The 3rd Annual Artivist Film Festival & Awards ' mission is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists and raise public awareness of global issues. Barbra Streisand. This year's festival is November 9-12, 2006 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. The company is so controversial that the comments are often more fun to read than the main articles on it in the IT press. There are now 2.4 Mobile and Apps. I'd just like to get a reality check from you on this.

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