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KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Kony story resonates because it’s the story of an identifible individual doing bodily harm to children. The proposed solutions – a ban on the use of “conflict minerals” in mobile phones – sounds good on paper. The victims are Ugandan children. Has Invisible Children been transparent?

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How to Become a Trusted Voice in Your Field

NonProfit Hub

As nonprofit professionals, most of us are already in the business of people, whether we’re building houses, raising money, educating children or another noble pursuit. Let the brand you’ve created for yourself inform every decision you make, online and offline. This is good news!

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You Can Stand Up for Health Care on Twitter and Facebook, What About On Google +?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Their web site tools provide useful information for grassroots advocates or anyone for that matter to stay informed on health care-related topics such as the proposed Medicaid cuts in the budget that are currently being debated in Congress. Families USA is an organization fighting for affordable health care for all Americans.

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Chase Community Giving Contest: The Organizations on the Leaderboard Go Up and Down

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Their proposal for "changing the world" is something they've been working on and getting feedback on for the past two years. Organizing Offline and Online. There is also the importance of offline/online connection that can't be ignored. As I looked up and down the leaderboard, I noticed that Idealist was in the top 15.

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

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The field became fixated on achieving two holy-grails, requisite in every proposal, but nearly always unattainable: sustainability and scalability. . User fees -- necessary if you ever wished to achieve sustainability -- were always a struggle, as they often shut the desired audience out.

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm going to use it (if I can carve out the time before I leave) to create some screencasts of my workshops to have offline- just in case the Internet doesn't work. "Children's Health" or "Education"), and the duration for the grant. Yet to be created).

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