Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

" He goes on to offer some advice: Get to know the community first. Actress and activist Mia Farrow will discuss and answer questions about the worsening situation in Darfur and neighboring Chad at a virtual press event in Second Life. "Don't forget the real world" contains such a superior, pejorative tone. Provide Hope.

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APRIL 29, 2008

Each blogger will lead an online community focusing on a different social, political, or environmental issue, maintain a daily blog covering news and offering commentary, convene leading nonprofits and activists working on the issue, and help people translate their interests and passions into concrete action. blogging job activism

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2008

First, will fear about the future make people turn away from community, look for ‘others' to blame, and be divisive and destructive to civil society? Be A Voice for Darfur is a petition and awareness campaign designed to bring attention to the appalling genocide in Darfur. Here's one for you.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

LOLnptech: Comic Relief for the Nonprofit Technology Community said I could pick my favorite one of their posts for the Carnival so I picked the image above from They Want Me to Build Them a Facebook Widget. How you make nonprofit work fun for you, your colleagues and constituents. Your own take on the theme.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Designation as a "Nonprofit" on YouTube that clearly identifies organizations as a nonprofit for YouTube community. • Nonprofits will also receive enhanced channel branding features and increased upload capacity.

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JANUARY 23, 2009

Continue learning about why genocide happens and how I can take action by following blogs like the Genocide Intervention Network , ENOUGH , Stop Genocide on Change.org , Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth , and Human Rights Now. My six 2008 Activist Resolutions went so-so: I did.

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JUNE 20, 2007

Like in January when Mia Farrow spoke in Second Life about Darfur at a virtual event sponsored by the U.S. Plus, Tech Soup (who I work for) is spearheading a Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, "a virtual community of practice for nonprofits to explore the opportunities and benefits of Second Life." At first I really didn't want to.

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APRIL 11, 2008

I donated to a Relief International health clinic in the Zam Zam refugee camp in Darfur that trains indigenous doctors, midwives, and community health workers. The world changes person-to-person, community-to-community.". In fact that isn't how the world changes. Let me know if you join!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2006

A few organizations in the nonprofit sector are exploring the power of the this type of gaming medium for social justice - take Camp Darfur for example. Later, I got word from the Arts Council that there was a gallery walk at the Full Moon Museum and discovered a thriving arts community. Is it worth for nonprofits to invest?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2006

Peter Dietz has written another article on his micro-philthantrophy site, First-of-Its-Kind, about a service called GiveMeaning , as described by Peter, "another online community that provide a platform for group fundraising over the internet. Stop the genocide in Darfur, that???d Big or small.it t matter???just d be foremost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Bloggers Who Create Community Award. Online Community Engagement Strategies. Be A Voice for Darfur: Great Example of A Multi-Channel Campaign. Calling on the Twitterverse and Connie Reece Answers First. $10 10 will help a Cambodian Youngster Get A Better Life. Why Nhung Sun, A Cambodian Blogger, Supports The Sharing Foundation.

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OCTOBER 16, 2007

In the NAIL case study on the Google Earth Outreach site , she describes the experience: "At the packed-to-overflowing community meeting in September, 2005, I first presented this KML to about 300 residents. Full disclosure: I am NetSquared's Community Builder. Videos in the balloons will only work on Windows.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2007

Save Darfur. It creates more of a community. " She said it was not surprising small charities were turning to MySpace: "The latest way people communicate changes all the time ??? Jobs With Justice. Katrina Stories. National Farmers Union. National Wildlife Federation. Medecins Sans Frontieres. Mothers Acting Up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

A pricing manifesto proposes that members of the community that can afford the software should support the project financially. Our newest human rights project is looking closely at the human rights challenges in Darfur. Downloads, packaged with support, will cost $250 per user per year, discounted to $150 for nonprofits.

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MARCH 12, 2008

Some highlights: In 2004, Natalie Portman, then a 22-year-old fresh from college, went to Capitol Hill to talk to Congress on behalf of the Foundation for International Community Assistance, or Finca, a microfinance organization for which she served as “ambassador.”

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AUGUST 16, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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JULY 14, 2008

The first thing I suggest is to be genuine -- interview people who are affected by the work your organization does, record actions you are taking to solve problems in your community, ask YouTube users to sound off on why your issues are important. we just want to help you get your message out to the worlds largest online video community.

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MAY 21, 2008

The mission of the Genocide Intervention Network, or GI-Net, is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide. Our members envision a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2006

And giving people a forum to create their own blogs, creating a community around an issue, can be empowering and life-changing for people who have not previously connected with others going through the same things as themselves. The key difference between using SL and other online channels for marketing is that SL is so experiential.

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JUNE 25, 2007

section about the genocide in Darfur, which includes information about direct action, as well as connection to a variety of social networks, blogs, and content about the situation. The US Holocaust Memorial Museum includes a Committee on Conscience , which advocates and educates about acts of genocide around the world.

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APRIL 3, 2009

According to the Genocide Prevention Month's site , the genocide in Bosnia began April 6, in Rwanda April 7, in Cambodia April 17, in Darfur April 19, in Armenia April 24, and the Holocast began April 21st. Did you know that six genocides began in the month of April?

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine a Jewish girl, selling Challah bread on a college campus in America to help support black Muslims in Darfur. PT used technology from day one, says Simi Hinden, the director of the online community. Social Media helps PresenTense manage their big community: they use Facebook , twitter and Google Apps.

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See3

OCTOBER 22, 2007

To me, this confirms as viable the strategy of finding those community leaders who will carry your torch for you, and then messaging them with content to distribute to their friends. They both use the MySpace blog, which reminds us again to speak to the community where they are, don’t try and drag them over to your main blog.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2009

Rebecca Moore then discussed at length the new generation of online (and easy to use) mapping tools – “neo geography” – and how it helps to communicate to and mobilize others through data visualization. By remapping the plan in Google Earth and showing how close the logging would be to day cares, schools etc.,

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

He won his second Pulitzer in 2006 for his columns on Darfur. They were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for their coverage of China and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Nicholas was previously bureau chief in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

NpTech Themes Nptech Tag News: The NpTech Community site can be found at: [link]. Personal Fundraising and Open Source Deductions Article in the Seattle Times about personal fundraising, Hoping To Help Darfur $1 at a Time that focuses on Darfurwall.org that has successfully raiased $30,000 in very small donations - $1 per person.

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MAY 23, 2006

On the other hand, some politicians may care a great deal about improving human rights abuses or ending the violence in Darfur, but don’t act because they don’t have constituent backing. It is vital that everyone pays attention because politicians really do listen to citizens, who hold the power of the vote. Use your voice!

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