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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

This book draws on case studies from Donor’s Choose, DoSomething.org, Idealist.org, Move For Hunger, Women Deliver, The USO and decades of experience of running internship programs. Social media posts and account maintenance We’ve noted that organizations should guard their voice online.

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New on SSIR: Global Tools for Going Local

Amy Sample Ward

Global use of social media is also a great way to amplify voices, ideas, and stories. The power of using social media in a local context focuses most directly on just those things that make “local&# different: being “here,&# connecting online and offline, taking action collectively and delivering services. FourSquare.

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

Note: the @names provide links to the Twitter users who made specific comments, just in case you want to connect and continue the conversation!*. Lesson #1: Voice. “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Examples of Social Media.

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Women Who Tech Telesummit: Tools Galore Panel

Amy Sample Ward

They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth. Google Maps & MyMaps. Google Maps API. Read the full case study here. You can read the full case study here.

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Networked Capacity Building: Finish Line Grantees Social Media Training

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Along with Ed Walz, myself, and Liane, we spent a lot of time at the beginning mapping out program level outs and used a modified theory of change process. This prevents getting to tactical too quickly and places results in a larger context. On the Ground Engagement: What will you ask people to do offline?

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The platform would then take their data, map it from their sending location, and create the other visual support data you see on the map. Indirect Content. Examples from Haiti.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery. The class typically erupts in a cacophony of voices, as it did that first time he told students to talk to each other because he couldn’t figure out what else to do. Living Case Study: The living case study is when you make participants part of the content.