Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

MAY 10, 2008

A quick look at April’s Keyword Spy report on Burma shows that many of the charities that had purchased “Burma&# as a keyword in April are no longer represented in current contextual ads based on that keyword. Lucy Bernholz rightly raises that question in her post on this issue as well. Kudos to them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2008

The Digital Influence Group is donating $10 to the US Campaign for Burma for every comment that is made on their post. Go comment here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

We held the meeting in Chiang Mai because it’s where our longtime partner the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) is headquartered.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Monks fighting for freedom in Burma know this. One of the things that I have been convinced of for some time (more than 20 years, I think) is that the means and the ends are the same. We cannot expect peace if we don't act peacefully. Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King all knew this. We need to know it, and internalize it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Monks fighting for freedom in Burma know this. One of the things that I have been convinced of for some time (more than 20 years, I think) is that the means and the ends are the same. We cannot expect peace if we don't act peacefully. Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King all knew this. We need to know it, and internalize it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the most charitable nation. Source: PayPal. of nonprofit event registrations occur on mobile devices. Source: npENGAGE. May 6, 2014 was the largest single day of giving in U.S. Source: Kimbia. Source: CAF America. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest are the most regularly accessed networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Found via the good folks at Razoo.

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MAY 12, 2008

If you are thinking you want to volunteer your time, Natalie Jesionka has a post on Our World titled " Responding to Burma Crisis " that includes a list of opportunities to travel to the Burmese border and volunteer your time and energy to the underground grassroots NGO activity. Women's League of Burma. The Mae Tao Clinic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

Collin Sullivan, staff member of Benetech''s Human Rights Field Team, on a field visit in Thailand with a staff member of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) As the largest single grant in our Human Rights Program’s history, "On the Frontier of Secure Technology for Human Rights Monitoring” will allow Benetech to deliver a set (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

I joined the various Burma Facebook groups early on because my colleagues in Cambodia were involved from the beginning and documented some of the activism. I helped her track down the people behind the Support the monks Campaign and Facebook Burma Group, an unofficial representative in the UK named Imran Jamal, Burma Global Action Network.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

From capturing the stories of human rights violations in Guatemala, Burma, Syria and Uganda, to helping a biologist plan a better restoration of a wetlands, or matching up an open source geek with the social good project of his or her dreams, Benetech’s team is using technology to make the world a better place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2008

The Burma: It Can't Wait Campaign launched not too long ago by the U.S. Campaign for Burma. They have put up a mini site that is tracking the latest news and information from Burma and how to help. That took me like 15-20 minutes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Here's the information on the notecard: Please join us in solidarity for the monks in Burma who are beng killed and imprisoned.a Contact US Campaign for Burma to sign up to hold a march, vigil or any sort of event in your area- thelma@uscampaignforburma.org there is also a protest being held on Burning Life sim today. We MUST protest!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2007

This tremendous growth is due in large part to the continued use of Martus by our partners working in Guatemala with the National Police Archive, and projects gathering data about Burma, Iraq and the Philippines.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Another HRP partner, the Network for Human Rights Documentation (ND-Burma), which currently uses Martus to document human rights violations in Burma , was represented by the Earth Rights Initiative. Each of us drew on case studies and lessons learned from our own work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Our team has been working with Burmese groups for more than eight years on human rights documentation issues, and the ND-Burma coalition of expatriate Burmese social justice and human rights groups has been one of our biggest Martus users. But, just next store to the great guesthouse we were staying in (Baan Orapin), was Sop Moei Arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

I spotted this photo in Tharum's Facebook photos the title is "Quiet Vigil Outside Burma Embassy in Phnom Penh." Photo by Tharum , found on his Facebook Profile. That's Sopheap in the red shirt. I met her in Cambodia last month. " Mean Lux has a set on Flickr here and you can see a photo of his red t-shirt.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 27, 2011

." - Naomi Natale, One Million Bones Naomi Natale is the founding artist behind One Million Bones , a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

Other examples of using SlideShare for disaster relief or donations: Burma Cyclone Relief Effort There is also a regularly updated slideshow about the number of victims by Oliver Ding who also created the 24 ways to give slideshare below. View | Upload your own.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 20, 2007

On September 28th you could have uploaded a photo of yourself wearing a red shirt to Flickr to show your solidarity with the monks in Burma as part of Red Shirt Day for Burma/Birma/ Myanmar. You can still add your own red photo to the Burma Free - Birmania Libera Flickr pool. Don't be afraid of the tech. Ask for help.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

One Million Bones is a collaborative art installation designed to recognize the millions of victims and survivors who have been killed or displaced by ongoing genocides and mass atrocities in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burma. Listen: Big Vision Podcast interview (July 23, 2011) 12.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Flickr Photo by Villoks Many people around the world are supporting the Monks in Burma by wearing red t-shirts today or participating in vigils like this one in Cambodia outside the Burma embassy. So, while it may very difficult to find Internet content from Burma, it is getting onto the Internet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

You can read more about the many faces of the Martus user community and the impact that Martus has had on human rights groups , from Africa to Burma to Guatemala. In many cases, Martus also helped users turn those first-hand accounts into evidence of abuse in order to advance their causes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

The US Campaign for Burma is asking for a boycott of the Games: "China is paralyzing UN Security Council action on Burma. points out that the Olympics' start date, August 8, 2008, is the, "the 20th anniversary of the massacre of peaceful democracy activists in Burma." olympics China human rights Tibet Burma Darfur

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2011

Recent events in Burma in 2007 and Iran in 2009 and even the US in 2010 reveal that governments can easily comb activists’ footage online and seek out protesters and citizens for arrest, persecution or worse. The ability to stream video directly from a mobile phone (i.e.

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OCTOBER 3, 2007

I'm supporting Free Burma Day. Via Charlene Li analyzing the potential worth of Facebook offers some user stats: This past August, Facebook had 19 million monthly visitors in the US according to Nielsen Netratings, compared to 9 million a year ago. Facebook says that it has 42 million active users worldwide.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times. This past year, our HRP team helped the human rights movement achieve great things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Many blogHers, like Rebeca at the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day.    But, on Friday, my blog turned from red to pink!    I've gotten to the point where I avoid pink ribbon madness for corporate profit as Suzanne Reisman describes it. 

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 9, 2008

Post a Comment The Magic of Giving › about steve More about Steve Bridger RSS All posts All comments My blogging journey After Wilma Mexicanwave nfp 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2008

The 15-page PDF includes the pros and cons of using Facebook for activism, a step-by-step guide to organizing an activism campaign on Facebook, and examples of campaigns from Burma, Morocco, and Egypt. It is a quick read and very useful.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

JUNE 15, 2008

Cristina Moon’s 8-8-08 For Burma is an organization formed on Burmese advocacy using the startup to the Olympics as part of the campaign. Tagged: 8-8-08 For Burma , Charity for Debt , Cristina Moon , Generation Y , Jonathon Lunardi , Karina Qian , millennials , TechY Relevancy Ranking ( 1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading.

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Steve Bridger

OCTOBER 21, 2008

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

[link] Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 8:48 pm | Permalink Post a Comment ‹ The Magic of Giving All 2gether now › about steve More about Steve Bridger RSS All posts All comments My blogging journey After Wilma Mexicanwave nfp 2.0

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 24, 2008

[link] Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 8:48 pm | Permalink Post a Comment ‹ The Magic of Giving All 2gether now › about steve More about Steve Bridger RSS All posts All comments My blogging journey After Wilma Mexicanwave nfp 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Also note that your local station may list the program for that evening as "Burma: State of Fear" which is the headlining story. If you are not sure of your local PBS station, Click here to search for your local PBS station on the PBS website. Full disclosure: I'm friends with the Editor for FRONTLINE World, David Ritsher.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

CA: Without giving names, along the Thai-Burma border there is a project that we're funding with a fantastic former Thai Senator, Mechai Viravaidya, who is also the Chairman and Founder of the Population Community Development Association of Thailand. We keep having more and more people come across the Thai-Burma border.

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