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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. Fundraising 2.0

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Four Steps to Ease You Into Social Web Activism

Have Fun - Do Good

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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NpTech Tag Summary: NpTech Slide Decks, Twitter Saves Children, and Visualizing Information for Advocacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For more NpTech Talk, see this roundup over at the NTEN blog. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. If you're coming to NTEN's NTC Conference next month, you can experience this technology first-hand.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Many blogs, like the Razoo blog , went red on Thursday as part of Free Burma: International Bloggers Day. NTEN blog summarizes the discussion thread about wiki software from the listserv on its blog. Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma. Early detection is important.

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Day 1: Connecting Up Conference: Brisbane, Australia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. This year's program is heavily weighted to the "social web" and nonprofits.