Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 24, 2013
It was my first first experience with online social networking and from that first “Friend Request” I was absolutely hooked – obsessed even – with the potential of social networking for social good. It’s these nonprofits that bravely took the leap: Muchos kudos to the Myspace pioneers.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 26, 2011
A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. From there we were inspired to scale social good through technology. Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder. What drove you to start CauseVox?
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Care2
MARCH 18, 2012
It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency by Beth Kanter.
Care2
MARCH 12, 2012
The 30-minute “Kony 2012” video produced by the nonprofit Invisible Children , which generated over 70M views on YouTube over the past week, has caused a firestorm in the nonprofit community. Since 1986 the LRA has abducted 66K children, and turned them into child soldiers. Invisible Children is hoping to change that.
ASU Lodestar Center
APRIL 4, 2012
posted by Carly Rowe , Social Media Specialist. In January of this year, nonprofit organization Invisible Children released “Kony 2012,” a video about Joseph Kony. In less than 2 months, the YouTube video has gained over 100 million views and educated millions about the crimes of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.
NTEN
AUGUST 31, 2010
Mobile phones have gotten to a price point where even the most poor can afford them -- and GSM networks, financed a dollar at a time through prepaid scratch cards, are increasingly ubiquitous. . The ability to communicate freely connects families, strengthens social networks, reduces travel, overcomes illiteracy and provides safety.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 9, 2007
I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons. The Fellows provide much needed energy, expertise and enthusiasm while being exposed to to the compelling, challenging, essential and often dangerous work done by campaigners for human rights and social justice. Support Children.
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