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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

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Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. Here are what some people wrote in the comments of the original post on Have Fun * Do Good and BlogHer that they were going to do : Green LA Girl said she would pack her own chopsticks. What I've done: Read What is the What by Dave Eggers.

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

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You may find some of these comments in the thoroughly engaging video as well, though some of the Ann’s more salient points didn’t make it into the footage. How can we develop audiences, cultivate care and empathy, and find alternate funding that doesn’t require public popularity so that important stories get told? Generic license ).

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YouTube Launches Nonprofit Program

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those with 501c3 tax filing status) that register for the YouTube Nonprofit Program to receive a free nonprofit specific YouTube channel where they can upload footage of their work, public service announcements, calls to action and more. Through the channel, people can connect with a nonprofit via messages, subscriptions, comments and more.

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$100,000 Grant: Polls Still Open in the Peace Primary - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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As a public foundation, we wanted to celebrate our tradition of entrepreneurial, high-impact grantmaking, and at the same time take advantage of the election year to elevate peace issues to the top of the list of priorities addressed by the presidential and congressional candidates. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Nedra Weinreich: Social Marketing Guru

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My background is in public health, with an interest in using the mass media to help bring about healthy behavior change. ve been teaching a course on social marketing at the UCLA School of Public Health, which has been a fun experience for me. And I have my blog, Spare Change, which I just started in January. social marketing,???

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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Stars — movie stars, rock stars, sports stars — exercise a ludicrous influence over the public consciousness. Hollywood celebrities have become central players on deeply political issues like development aid, refugees and government-sponsored violence in Darfur. Well, who is? But it is the way it works.

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When Viral Campaigns Fail and Social Media Mobs Rule

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At this historical moment Cole’s joke about the protests to promote his clothing line turned out to be a costly one publicity wise, though as Christopher Penn points out - the Kenneth Cole stock did just fine – which is what really matters at the end of the day. Comments flooded their blog, but were moderated.