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Guest Post by Brooke McMillan: How LIVESTRONG Uses Social Media To Animate Its Community

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: The Lance Armstrong Foundation , known by its nickname “Livestrong”, provides a network of support for people diagnosed with cancer and their families. The foundation's mission is to “inspire and empower people affected by cancer” by helping find the information, support, and strength they need to fight cancer.

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Video Can Help Boost Donations in End-Of-The-Year Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. Here’s an example of a video See3 produced in partnership with Charity Dynamics for the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

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Let The Change Blogging Meme Hit The Road.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So is Dr. Mani who will be using social media to raise money for heart surgeries for poor children in India. Take for example the breast cancer version I created last week when I wrote about Leah Jones and Her Walk for Breast Cancer. I guess I'm a change blogger too. From there, we can do just about anything.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

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A team led by the International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad, India, is working on a battery-powered diagnostic device, costing less than US$100, which can monitor a patient's heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels. To learn more about Microsoft's cloud strategy and services, visit www.microsoft.com/cloud.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

A team led by the International Institute of Information Technology in Hyderabad, India, is working on a battery-powered diagnostic device, costing less than US$100, which can monitor a patient's heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels. To learn more about Microsoft's cloud strategy and services, visit www.microsoft.com/cloud.

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Alexandra Rampy, Guest Post: The Cool Factor About Mobile

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Objective : Increase the visibilty and utilization of the Fair & Lovely Foundation’s scholarship program among women and girls in low-income groups in rural and urban India. Organization(s) : Macmillan Cancer Support. Tags: guest blogging mobile social media. Cool Factor : Cost Effective. Wide Reaching. Full Approach.

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Recap of Unite for Sight '09 Global Health Conference, and Innovative Open Health Tools

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Conference speakers were full of inspirational stories, such as a keynote by Al Sommer , MD, MHS, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, whose friend in the 1970s in India asked, ?Why Tags: Global Health. t we mass produce cataract surgery like McDonald?s s mass produces hamburgers??

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