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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. His interviewer interjects with a comment that ends with “It’s a really dire situation I think.” Photo by clyatt.jasper ( Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0

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YouTube Launches Nonprofit Program

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Through the channel, people can connect with a nonprofit via messages, subscriptions, comments and more. YouTube Nonprofit Program participants will receive: • A premium channel on YouTube that serves as a nonprofit’s hub for their uploaded videos. Nonprofits will also receive enhanced channel branding features and increased upload capacity.

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Changing the Present, Give Meaning, and Personal Fundraising Campaigns

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I learned about it from the site Changing the Present , a donation portal that also lets you set up a wish list of causes to support in lieu of gifts for the holidays or other occassions. They are still building out the content on the site and there is a growing list of nonprofit recipients. You can post your wish as a comment.

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Vote for the First Anti-Genocide Hotline on Reddit

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I'm also highlighting this because it is a terrific example of using social news sites like Digg and Reddit o promote a cause (the Reddit guys were among my first video blog interviewees back in Nov. 2005 ) I had (wrongly) assumed that getting to the top of social news sites was a matter of dumb luck or that if something went viral.

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Notes from The Seven Things Everyone Wants: What Freud and Buddha Understood (and We're Forgetting) about Online Outreach

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Effective sites and campaigns provide space for people to express themselves. March for Women's Lives allowed people who couldn't march to post messages and stories on the March for Women's Lives' web site. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation created a site for young people. It is the most popular part of the site.

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Nonprofits and MySpace Roundup Inspired By Solidariti

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I liked the audio welcome message at this site. Some sites are using the blog feature to write about their organizations, while others haven't set it up. Save Darfur. "But when you are sent a message on MySpace you can click on the site and check out who else is involved in that particular project. s Web site.

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Fashion and Passion for Your Cause: Wear it on Your Blog or Profile!

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I recently read an article about fundraising on social networking sites. Katya Andresen , Network for Good, offers some insights in the comments : We, too, are working on understanding how to find more superactivists and how to make the long tail of less active evangelists more engaged. two came to mind and rhyme: Fashion and Passion.

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