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Happy Thanksgiving: Check out #Goodspotting and EpicThanks

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Stacey is one who launched the first social media infused gratitude campaign during Thanksgiving back in 2008,successfully raising money for a school project Tanzania. Every Thanksgiving since, Stacey has launched a gratitude campaign. This year epic thanks is asking you to share a photo of gratitude and make a thankful gift.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

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How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Guest Post by Stacey Monk: Dogooders Won’t Change the World (Alone)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in Iran or if you’re in Tanzania, Kosovo…you shoot that story like it’s your mother, your brother, your sister, your father and your cousin and you tell that in that way because that’s actually the road, I think, to not only clarity and truth and understanding. CHRISTOPHER R.

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A Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit in London

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we like to buy mobile phones to have fun, talk to friends, listen to music, tweet and connect on Facebook.” “I freak out hearing people talk about using mobiles for ICT for. development in Africa. we in Africa are not different from the rest of the world. “Leadership must be strategic. On the core.