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Change Status: Facebooking and Twittering for a better world

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alexandra asks, "What can we do in between those milestones to track our progress, boost our morale, build community, and celebrate our successes?" She is going to Ghana in November. She is using her blog to raise money to support the first Community Access television station in Ghana, Coastal Television in Cape Coast Ghana.

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The Many Ways to Say I Love You With A Donation To A Charity

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can purchase a gift or card that provides AIDS grants in Ghana, Rwanda, and Swaziland. I'm sure there are many other Valentine's Day opportunities to make a contribution, volunteer, or celebrate your love by doing good. And, don't just support Breast Cancer Research on special holidays, every Friday is PeaFund Friday.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. And if these high caliber players can make progress on challenges like the diversity in the work or attribution for advocacy efforts we can all celebrate and use the tools. An easy example is green technology.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. GINKs is a knowledge network promoting the use of ICTs in development in Ghana. Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

Have Fun - Do Good

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. You both just came back from the 2010 West African Women and Water Training in Ghana. What was that? What were some of the highlights?

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

That seems to represent the indomitability of the spirit of these women for whom singing is a real celebration, on the one hand, and they told me, on the other hand, it helps them forget their troubles, which are huge. Celebrating Women was book number two. BB: Can you talk a little bit about what path brought you to this work?

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004. Like many other leaders of nonprofit organizations, I travel an unreasonable fraction of the time. I recently hit three million lifetime miles on American Airlines.

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