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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below). Related Links: Book Research & Interviews. ? Who maintains your social media campaigns? Are they paid, full-time, part-time? That would be me! Book Tour ?. ?

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. One of those individuals is Paul Ohisa, and he's a refugee from Sudan. His dream was to go back to Sudan, and to contribute and help rebuild. It had been bombed.

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President's Update

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For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done!

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Mobilizing Donors and Activists in an Overwhelmed World

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I'll be posting the interview with Marsha later this month). Many people feel like they can't change issues like the genocide in Darfur, they feel too big. Darfur activism philanthropy advocacy social change But why aren't more people doing these things? Why isn't being anti-genocide as "popular" as being green?

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

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Some of the programs that we have currently running are the Sudan Divestment Task Force , which is leading up the campaign to divest state pensions from companies doing business in Sudan on a recently passed Federal legislation to ban future state contracts. His campaign was successful. That's how I got involved initially.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. And now to the interview. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. They are an awesome team of people and they have already implemented some changes to help charities showcase their work.

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How They Did It: LWB Wins Facebook Causes Giving Challenge - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

As you can tell, the interview is pretty long. And now to the interview. We were able to be interviewed by the New York Times about the contest , which was a definite plus. They are an awesome team of people and they have already implemented some changes to help charities showcase their work.

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