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Thank You for the Best Birthday Ever!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had the honor to work many people who are using social media for social change or fundraising, support their work, cheer them on, and learn from them. I met Spencer Brodsky last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda. He helped me with reaching my influencers on Twitter.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Brian Gardner defines social proof as “the positive influence created when people find out others are doing something – now, suddenly, everyone else wants to do that something too.”. Partner With Well-Known Organizations, Brands & Influencers. Tap Into the Power of Social Proof. How can your organization apply this?

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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The Olympics belong to all of us, and in the face of genocide, anyone in a position of influence must try to act." As a result, the UN is making the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda. Requests for change are coming from within China as well. Claire of Free Aung San Suu Kyi!

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7 Things I learned From #Beth53 Fundraiser and PoST Class

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Understand Your Theory of Change As It Applies to Donations. For example, I noticed that Spencer Brodsky , who I helped last December when he was doing a fundraiser campaign for his project in Rwanda, re-tweeting the birthday call to action.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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JG: I had the opportunity to spend some time in Rwanda when I was in college, and what really struck me about that experience was the willingness and openness of the survivors, who are both victims and perpetrators, to heal their country and to move on. You don't need a 100,000 person march on the Mall to make a change.

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week. I traveled to Rwanda in December 2005-January 2006 and did field work with Never Again-Rwanda.

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