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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Journalists using social media in Egypt. Twitter at use for Tu Diabetes community. I’ve presented about Twitter before, as well, so in addition to sharing some notes and resources, and my slides, from the presentation on Friday, I want to also round up other Twitter-related posts and links here. . Twitter for fundraising.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $31 million investment in the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the addition of six cities to the initiative to create safer and healthier urban environments: Bucharest, Romania; Cairo, Egypt; Córdoba, Argentina; Dublin, Ireland; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and Warsaw, Poland. Read more.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

Qgiv

Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause. You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Offer tickets for your community to come watch the event and bring in a judging panel to determine the prize winners.

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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. For example, what is being tweeted about the use of social media.

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Weekly Member Round Up: Technology and World Change

NTEN

He was inspired when the citizens of Egypt and Tunisia used satellite connections to contact Internet service providers in other countries, when their governments shut down access to the World Wide Web. Repair the World just released its newest study on the attitudes of young Jewish adults on community service.

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Video Streaming Apps — To Stream or Not to Stream

Tech Soup

The nonprofit sector thrives on a community of rich storytelling. We saw how Twitter changed information-sharing in 2011 Egypt, after all. Whatever form that storytelling takes, from photo essay to member video, story-driven content is dynamic, shows impact, and can attract new potential donors. Live Streaming and Appropriation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Susan Bazilli, an international human rights attorney, recently brought Martus to the attention of the women's rights community in Africa, through a posting to the Women's Information Technology Transfer site. And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt.

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